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Old 05-28-2010, 10:12 PM   #115
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Originally Posted by rossh View Post
It seems pretty well unanimous that this improved menu structure is a great thing. Perhaps with Reaper version 4 probably not all that far away, maybe it would be a good idea for the devs to consider this as the default with the new major release. Also, considering Nicholas's suggestion of not abandoning the "classic" layout, an option to load the old layout may be including for a transitional period.

Just a thought...
I think your suggesting of adopting this menu set as the new face of REAPER for v4 is brilliant.

And my reason for suggesting making the "classic" option available as preference (or by some other easy means) is as follows ...

Some people react to change less enthusiastically than others and can even be afraid of it. They find it stressful. Leaving the old one as a choice would give these people a security blanket. Even if they never use it, just knowing it's there ...

At the same time, the new REAPER 4 manual would show the new commands and menus and only the new commands and menus. This would encourage these users to gain the confidence to transition at a time of their choosing, and they would be doing it as their choice not because they were being forced to. Big difference.

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