Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

["IronWorks" <ironworks@ameritech.net>]

I like this idea very much - I can conceive of ignoring all the other
settings and just setting the Device/Raw Scan Setting tab and checking the
preview before continuing with the others (not in all cases but some).

I agree with your logic that the settings should be logically arranged -
thus easier to remember where they are for all - rather than guessing what
might be the most or more 'common' way of using them.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: <EdHamrick@aol.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea


| In a message dated 3/7/2001 3:16:03 AM EST, TimVictor@csi.com writes:
|
| > One of the keys to effective software design is to make the common
| >  cases easy and the uncommon cases possible.
|
| I completely agree with this.  However, one person's logical grouping
| of controls isn't logical to another person.
|
| What do people think of my putting options that affect the raw scan
| in the Device tab, and other options in other tabs?  I've been asked
| several times in the past few days which options affect the raw scan,
| and this seems like a logical way to organize things.
|
| However, I could also imagine wanting to put the most common options
| in one tab, and less common options in another, but this would be
| subject to endless debate about what a "common" option is.  Doing
| it functionally would at least end the debate <smile>.
|
| It's only a single-click to pull up another tab, so I think it makes
| sense to organize the tabs functionally.
|
| Regards,
| Ed Hamrick