Feature-Request: Turn NODES!

vvvv beta feature
#1

A wise man once said:

You get the best ideas on Friday

How about this!

You can turn certain nodes from the Inspector!

So a vertical mode allows to save space and create
completely new awesome patches.

Imagine the infintite possibilities!

Optional: You can turn them around in all 4 directions!

(leaves the room…)

EDIT: SEE COMMENTS BELOW FOR V2

#2

#3

I don’t necessarily think rotating nodes is a good idea, it breaks with the concept that inputs are at the top of nodes and outputs are at the bottom of nodes.

And to be honest, I think the old way in your examples is easier to read and the vertical node has an input and an output at the bottom next to each other as the only node in the patch.

just my 0.02€

-sunep

#4

Jes agreed,
so i fixed that and present you

THE NEXT DIMENSION NODE

#5

I still don’t get it… what are the I/O pins in the top and bottom of the node, between the inputs on the right and outputs on the left?

#6

You mean you THINK you get the best ideas at the Friday afternoon drink!! :)

#7

Hi iixd, imho main issue with your idea is patches readability. With time you will forget the direction of rotation, and in complex patches, or with just few framedelay nodes, you will have problems understanding logic, being difficult to distinguish between inlet and outlets.
Now think about this from the point of view of others that have to read your code.

I may agree if it would be ccw rot, inlets left, outlets right, but it would be just a way to style patches, with non effective results on patching itself (but for a visual break in code, like: “this part of logic ends here, a new slice of login starting on the right”; which can be already achieved, somehow).

In the end, this could have few uses, but I’d say you should dig some more, thinking better about all implications.

Ciao

#8

But it does look cool!

Cool is more important than serious work, especially on fridays.

<3

#9

You lucky. You many fridays-a-week.

#10

i love it :D

#11

Maybe I should start a thread about the need for donut shaped patch space…

#12

i’m thinking circular rendertargets here…

#13

I think having a consistent convention for building patches is a good thing. Be it top-to-bottom like in vvvv or left-to-right like in Quartz or Grasshopper. But mixing it makes stuff harder to read imho.

Now what WOULD be great and help especially with large patches, would be to get zooming like in the Finder. Even better if it would be “smart”-zooming like in Grasshopper (ie. it fades out the names when zooming further out).

I still don’t understand the reason why there isn’t any zooming since the very first version, especially with nodes and inputs/outputs being like 2x2px small. It’s clearly possible technically, as illustrated by the Finder. It would also mean I could finally work in vvvv on my rMBP again, without needing a magnifying glass…

Oh well, one day…

Friday-ideas are a good thing, but best to leave them till monday to see if you still think they are great ;P