[Gimp-developer] Quasimode Adjustments -- fastest adjustments [demo included]

[yahvuu <yahvuu gmail com>]

Dear all,

for your inspiration, here's the fastest way to perform adjustments that i can think of:

While pressing a shortcut key
    - the corresponding slider gets displayed right under the pointer
    - moving the pointer left-right immediately performs the adjustment. 
To commit, simply release the key.

You may try the following channel mixer demo to test-drive the interaction:
https://sites.google.com/site/yahvuu/stuff/quasimode-adjust-demo.swf?attredirects=0

For the Flash-averse, there's also a screenshot available:
http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/quasimode-adjust.png


The rationale behind is that most of the adjustments are relative adjustments by nature,
by which i mean that the absolute numbers are mostly irrelevant. The desired amount of
the effect gets determined by applying a bit more or less of it until it looks right.

Grabbing the slider handle is only cognitive burden here, which can be shortcut away.


enjoy,
yahvuu


PS: Flash demos do not fit the UI brainstorm well, so i'm posting here