[QLab] IRPlay emulation ( perhaps beating a dead horse )

[Christopher Ashworth]

On Nov 19, 2007, at 5:45 PM, E. Riley Casey wrote:

> Or perhaps beating a horse of a different color, whatever.
>
> There was some discussion on the list a few months ago about the
> merits of adding an interface to Qlab that provided something along
> the lines of the venerable Instant Replay.  This was mentioned again
> in passing in a post in the last few weeks.  Has this idea gotten any
> legs as yet ?  Is it likely to or should it be left alone?

It does have legs, and although they're shaky, they've taken a few  
steps.

The issues here are basically all in the interface.  I've got the  
engine to power it no sweat.  My initial optimism that I knew "exactly  
how I want to do [the GUI]", suffered a bit when I spent time really  
working out the details of what this interface should be.  So that's  
the basic hold-up.  I've been through about ten interface mockups, but  
I think I'm narrowing in on the final contender.

So, yes, please do keep prodding me on this, as that makes me know  
it's worth it to bring the product to market.  I'm trying to keep a  
number of Figure 53 balls in the air right now, and many of them are  
not going to be immediately visible to end-users, so if you see my  
brow furrowed in concentration and sense a slight delay to my typical  
rapid release cycles...that's the reason.  :)  There's some long-term  
foundation laying going on behind the scenes right now.

Best,
Christopher