In the editor, I feel that every fifth vertical and horizontal line should be either slightly bolder or a different color/shade to assist in giving the mapper distance references for creating more accurate placements (when accentuating the music and not using distance snap) and for sliders. I often find myself trying to count lines on grid level 4, just because it takes slightly less effort than looking at coordinates and doing the math. Sometimes this can be kinda frustrating, there may be some feature or technique I'm not aware of though since I can't seem to find any complaints about this.
I used to be obsessed with a type of puzzle called a nonogram, it involves and grid and lots of counting. To make it easier there are always reference lines, and let me tell you, the level of convenience is extremely high :]
Here's an example
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1.0 A grid with bold lines to show reference of distance, making it easy enough to count without even trying, and without having to avert my eyes to look at coordinates (helpful when doing non-distance snap stuff, such as gaps or closer notes to accentuate the music, plus other stuff)
1.1 The above, and the amount of thinner lines between bold lines could either be 4 for the convenience of counting by 5's since everyone over 4 years old can do that easily, OR it could be decided by the amount of beats per measure (beat snap divisor) so, for example, 1/4 timing would have every 4th line bold
1.2 The above, plus a custom rendered grid based on distance snap so that each gap between lines represents the correct spacing for 1 unit based on the beat divisor.
1.3 The above, but with the ability to toggle a grid that sticks a center point to the most recent circle, or slider anchor, and turns as you move the cursor around, this giving you a grid where you can conveniently tell how far a gap should be or how long a slider should be without having to avert your eyes to look up at the timeline, also very helpful when using 1/8 timing. Also a button that could lock the grid in place where it's currently at could be a pretty cool idea.
I tried pointing out some specific uses of these features, though I'm sure there are many uses that I failed to think of, and while there are many reasons you can shoot these ideas down saying "you can just do this instead", this request is about CONVENIENCE, not about the capability to do something which is already capable.
A lot of idea's are getting thrown around here when it was originally just 1 :S They're all interesting at the least, though it's not up to me to decide if they're worth implementing
I used to be obsessed with a type of puzzle called a nonogram, it involves and grid and lots of counting. To make it easier there are always reference lines, and let me tell you, the level of convenience is extremely high :]
Here's an example
Edit
1.0 A grid with bold lines to show reference of distance, making it easy enough to count without even trying, and without having to avert my eyes to look at coordinates (helpful when doing non-distance snap stuff, such as gaps or closer notes to accentuate the music, plus other stuff)
1.1 The above, and the amount of thinner lines between bold lines could either be 4 for the convenience of counting by 5's since everyone over 4 years old can do that easily, OR it could be decided by the amount of beats per measure (beat snap divisor) so, for example, 1/4 timing would have every 4th line bold
1.2 The above, plus a custom rendered grid based on distance snap so that each gap between lines represents the correct spacing for 1 unit based on the beat divisor.
1.3 The above, but with the ability to toggle a grid that sticks a center point to the most recent circle, or slider anchor, and turns as you move the cursor around, this giving you a grid where you can conveniently tell how far a gap should be or how long a slider should be without having to avert your eyes to look up at the timeline, also very helpful when using 1/8 timing. Also a button that could lock the grid in place where it's currently at could be a pretty cool idea.
I tried pointing out some specific uses of these features, though I'm sure there are many uses that I failed to think of, and while there are many reasons you can shoot these ideas down saying "you can just do this instead", this request is about CONVENIENCE, not about the capability to do something which is already capable.
A lot of idea's are getting thrown around here when it was originally just 1 :S They're all interesting at the least, though it's not up to me to decide if they're worth implementing