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#3558123 - 04/17/12 11:31 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
EinsteinEP Permanoob Senior Member Registered: 11/20/07 Posts: 2914 Loc: Tucson, AZ	Pretty! Except...is that a CRT? On an Alienware machine?! _________________________ Shoot to Kill. Play to Have Fun.
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#3558128 - 04/17/12 11:46 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: EinsteinEP]
AggressorBLUE Member Registered: 12/15/09 Posts: 2074 Loc: Jerz	Originally Posted By: EinsteinEP Pretty! Except...is that a CRT? On an Alienware machine?! And this guy writes for PC Aviator!? _________________________ My Rig:AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition OCed@4.0 GHz/GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX Mobo\ MSi AMD 6950 2GB \ 8 Gigs of G.skills Ram\Storage: OCZ SSD 240GB/ Bunch of HDDs\All held together by: Coolermaster HAF 932 case Other Assets Deployed: HOTAS: Logitech G940 CH FighterStick/Pro-Throttle/Throttle Quad/Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals TrackIR Simpit: ETA Q2 2013 Wheel: ETA Q4 2013
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#3558239 - 04/18/12 08:28 AM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
BeachAV8R Lifer Registered: 01/22/01 Posts: 22683 Loc: KCLT	LOL..that's an old photo..probably 8 years? The machine has changed...the desk hasn't. The beer has definitely been changed a few times.. My current rig was home built and has two Samsung 22" flat screens. Soon (hopefully) to be replaced.. _________________________ Subscribe to PC Pilot! - I write for them!
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#3558790 - 04/18/12 11:27 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
AggressorBLUE Member Registered: 12/15/09 Posts: 2074 Loc: Jerz	I expected a walk in 737 pit. And that's just the dining room _________________________ My Rig:AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition OCed@4.0 GHz/GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX Mobo\ MSi AMD 6950 2GB \ 8 Gigs of G.skills Ram\Storage: OCZ SSD 240GB/ Bunch of HDDs\All held together by: Coolermaster HAF 932 case Other Assets Deployed: HOTAS: Logitech G940 CH FighterStick/Pro-Throttle/Throttle Quad/Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals TrackIR Simpit: ETA Q2 2013 Wheel: ETA Q4 2013
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#3749811 - 03/12/13 03:40 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
AggressorBLUE Member Registered: 12/15/09 Posts: 2074 Loc: Jerz	Bumping this old thread to see if there's been any change here. I'm >this< close to buying XPX (again...) but can't pull the trigger if this BS still stands. As far as I'm concerned, they don't have functioning Autopliots if they're stupid drag and scroll system is the only way to manipulate the AP settings. _________________________ My Rig:AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition OCed@4.0 GHz/GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX Mobo\ MSi AMD 6950 2GB \ 8 Gigs of G.skills Ram\Storage: OCZ SSD 240GB/ Bunch of HDDs\All held together by: Coolermaster HAF 932 case Other Assets Deployed: HOTAS: Logitech G940 CH FighterStick/Pro-Throttle/Throttle Quad/Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals TrackIR Simpit: ETA Q2 2013 Wheel: ETA Q4 2013
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#3750201 - 03/13/13 10:31 AM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
kludger Admitted Optimist Hotshot Registered: 02/25/07 Posts: 5207 Loc: Seattle,USA	There has been no change in the mouse wheel scroll approach since as far as I know... sad because I think XP-10 could benefit from things like that, but sometimes it seems they want to be different from MSFS just to be different IMHO. _________________________ i5-2500k@4.8ghz, Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3, 16GB G.Skill@1600, Noctua D14, EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB, X-Fi TitaniumHD, HAF932, Corsair TX850, Win7x64Pro, 3 x P2310H monitors, TrackIR4, Saitek X52Pro + Pro Rudders + Cessna Trim Wheel, Fanatec GT2 + G27 pedals + TH8RS shifter, Sennheiser HD580+ Modmic PSN/XBL/Steam/EA/ProjectCARS/MWO:Kludger
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#3751119 - 03/14/13 07:15 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
Deacon211 Member Registered: 11/04/02 Posts: 1467 Loc: Alexandria, VA, 22314	It's funny. I've had every version of MSFS from the first and, until recently, I never knew the mousewheel even could be used to turn knobs! I'm curious why so many developers prefer the hunt and click fest of the quadrant method when the mouse wheel seems to work so well and replicates an actual knob so perfectly. Deacon
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#3752594 - 03/17/13 04:29 PM Re: "Using the Mouse wheel to turn knobs is a bad UI Deisgn" So says Xplane dev... [Re: AggressorBLUE]
CTR69 Member Registered: 10/30/11 Posts: 232	I was fed up with MCP button pixel hunting, so now i'm using a wireless rumblepad and two thumbsticks on it for VS/ALT and SPD/HDG manipulation, with the assistance of Autohotkey script.
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