Geometee
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Re: Geometee
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
That part is, to me, a UI disaster. What you can do though is click and drag upwards, even out of the knob, and it will work (barely, because it's incredibly not sensitive)
Yes. Those stupid knobs confused me terribly. I kept trying to move the mouse cursor as if it were my finger, using it to rotate that little notch on the knob. Because, like, it's a knob... right? I mean, I've used knobs before. That's how they work. And this is a knob. I know that, because it looks like one. EVEN THE STUPID BAR GOES ROUND THE KNOB. It's telling you to rotate it. And then you rotate it, and it doesn'…
What, you don't usually tie a string around your knobs and pull up or down, depending on how you want it to turn?
Seriously, though, once I figured out how they work (it took a few seconds), it was just fine. I don't know what all the furore is about, it's at most a minor inconvenience.
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#43After reading "The Blind Watchmaker" I did something similar to this project -- in Visual Basic! (My excuse for using such an abhorrent language is that I was only 10 and didn't know any better). Which makes me think that this project is ripe for a "artificial selection" mode in which you get multiple mutated copies and pick the right one, slowly directing the parameters in a 'pleasing' direction. Here's a cool video…
love how VB was able to introduce maybe 1/3 of the people on this site to programming but everyone dismiss it as pure garbage.
Wow, kids. In my day it was QBasic or GWBasic.
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#44I can't turn the knobs at all most of the time. I'm using a mouse on a laptop; maybe this only really works on a tablet or phone?
No, the site fails on Android. Layout is broken and rendering is choppy.
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#47Hi everyone, I'm the man behind geometee. I haven't quite finished developing it, so hadn't widely announced it.
It's really exciting to get your feedback and see the awesome things you've been creating with it.
I will revisit the knob UI based on the feedback here. These seem really intuitive to some people (normally those who play around with audio software) whereas sliders might be more usable to the majority.
Any ideas for other directions I could take this?
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#48Can you buy the t-shirts? There is a preview but I didn't see any link to actually buy the thing...
Ultimately I'll program the site to allow purchases. I hadn't gotten around to it, but given the interest the site's gotten recently I'm kind of kicking myself.
If there's a design you'd like on a tshirt, let me know and we can make it happen via RedBubble: http://www.redbubble.com/explore/geometee
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#49This is great, in around 15 minutes I have some excellent desktop wallpapers for work! The exported image is 2400x3200 and scales nicely.
It'd be great to see what you came up with! I programmed this site in my spare time and haven't really seen what others have made with it.
Re: Geometee
#50I can't turn the knobs at all most of the time. I'm using a mouse on a laptop; maybe this only really works on a tablet or phone?
Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into an alternative control that's more intuitive. This kind of knob control is common in a lot of audio applications and is really quite nice to use once you're used to it, but I want geometee to be a fun discovery for people, and this sounds like it caused you (and others) some confusion and frustration.