[Ardour-Users] new import dialog

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:26:44AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 19:35 +1000, Tim Mayberry wrote:
> 
> > The radio button group containing "Copy to ardour-native files" and
> > "Use files without copying" should just be a check box with a label
> > "Copy files to Session folder". I think this would also help reduce
> > the "fatness"/dead space at the bottom of the dialog a bit.
>
> I'll think about this a bit. There quite a lot more semantics to the
> choice, but it is possible that you're right here, and they do not need
> to be exposed to the user.

2 radio buttons are preferable over one checkbox in cases where it's not 
clear what the aternative to the spelled out option is. I think it's  
beneficial to state that the alternative to copying is linking. It should 
remind the user of taking care to not break said links.


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