Hi List, I'm going to start coding up a single preferences dialog to replace the disparate "settings" dialogs that live in non-standard menus of Pd.
It will be "Firefox Style", meaning a "Preferences" option in the "Edit" menu. The dialog will have a row of buttons at the top that are icons above text. When a button is clicked it will bring up the tab in the dialog window for those particular settings. (This turns out to be surprisingly easy to do in Tk.)
So far I think there should be an "Audio" button, "MIDI" button, and maybe a "GUI" button that could be be split out later if needed.
I'd like to have changes take effect immediately-- otherwise it might get confusing if one changes settings in one tab, then makes changes to another and clicks "Apply". How would this effect UX on Windows and OSX?
-Jonathan