Originally posted by feldon23
Socrates has no "Always" setting on the Random panel.
Always is implied by specifying a fish from one of the drop-downs menus on the left.
Sorry, I wasn't looking closely enough. And using the drop down menus to select the fish you Always want obviously replaces the need for an always setting.
I really don't see how dropdown menus are more intuitive. You have to basically pick the fish twice.
I don't follow how this means you are picking your fish twice. The drop down menus basically have the same function as they do now (consistancy is always good), while the sliders just allow you to say how much you like each fish.
With just the sliders its not easy to distinguish between the option of having 7 fish but selecting all 7 from your favourite set of 3 and only having 3 fish in the tank. Is this even possible. With the sliders as shown if you want less than 7 fish you have to make a choice about what those fish are going to be (i.e. you can't have a random choice of less than 7 fish). You would need a separate box to say how many fish you wanted to show. Or am I completely missing something here.
And I'd agree with pipeta, that the don't duplicate random checkbox was useful.