--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:07:52 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8561.4 (!) Time Line in Audio Players >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> Thank you, Trip, and others who commented on my media player interface musings. I will investigate the various links and examples that you mentioned. As far as my idealized interface, I'm not sure where I would try to draw the line between ease of use and power. I imagined the "traveling rectangle" playhead (described in my last message) as a button-like device, rather than a magnifying glass. Limiting it to jumping forward or back in two fixed intervals would make it simpler for the user (and the programmer). However, I am attracted to the magnifying glass metaphor. I'm not sure how much harder this would be to program, nor whether users would care about being able to make time jumps of other time intervals, for example three or seven seconds. I think I would like it. Thanks again, Derek --On Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:07 PM -0400 Trip Kirkpatrick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Derek: > > Are you thinking of the travelling rectangle as a magnifying glass, or > as a widget with time represented within it the same way it's > represented outside? > > Jumping off from your post, it occurred to me that a possible audio > player interface is suggested by MIT's Timeline > (http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/) JavaScript application. Derek Roff Language Learning Center Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************