I like it.
still think we need to see the Shunts somehow. It would confuse many to add a Shunt from the block inventory menu then not see it.
Understood. But looking at the example photo that shows no outline, this is a bit too extreme I think.I think OP is advocating for keeping the interior of the shunt box as is ("the wire") but hiding (or dimming) the outlines.
Perhaps @Michael Pickens could implement something like "shunt box opacity": 100%, 50%, 25%, 0% and users can choose. And also highlighting the box when cursor hovers over it in grid view.
This ^^^^I think OP is advocating for keeping the interior of the shunt box as is ("the wire") but hiding (or dimming) the outlines.
Perhaps @Michael Pickens could implement something like "shunt box opacity": 100%, 50%, 25%, 0% and users can choose. And also highlighting the box when cursor hovers over it in grid view.
Keep in mind that there are "cables" (aka, "wires") and there are shunts.Maybe I'm weird, but just the lines seems really intuitive to me, like a wire connecting the blocks on either side.
But none of this is super important to me.
"similar purpose" is rightKeep in mind that there are "cables" (aka, "wires") and there are shunts.
A cable connects blocks - it is only a connector between blocks.
A shunt IS a block. It takes the place of an empty block to serve a similar purpose to a cable.
The difference is subtle... but there is a difference.
New user fires up his new Axe-Fx and wonders why he can't connect two blocks. Answer: "Because you need a Shunt block there, not a wire."Really don't see how they're could be any confusion...
I agree. Seeing the wires is enough information for me to know what's going on. The boxes just add visual confusion and makes it harder to see both the wires and the actual blocks.Maybe I'm weird, but just the lines seems really intuitive to me, like a wire connecting the blocks on either side.
If Edit 3 works the same as older products, you would click the right side of the first block, which gives you the little + handle. Edit shows you all the places you can connect it to - you click one of them and it connects directly, wherever it is on the grid. You don't literally have to click multiple times to connect to 4 "shunt blocks" to get to something 5 columns away, do you?New user fires up his new Axe-Fx and wonders why he can't connect two blocks. Answer: "Because you need a Shunt block there, not a wire."
New user: "How come that looks exactly like a wire?"
You don't... But that's because the editor automatically inserts shunt blocks for you.If Edit 3 works the same as older products, you would click the right side of the first block, which gives you the little + handle. Edit shows you all the places you can connect it to - you click one of them and it connects directly, wherever it is on the grid. You don't literally have to click multiple times to connect to 4 "shunt blocks" to get to something 5 columns away, do you?
Add a shunt block then nothing visually is added. Confusion."similar purpose" is right
Really don't see how they're could be any confusion, but I guess is have to see it in action.