On 2010-06-19 at 00:56:09 [+0200], scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 17:02, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> While we are discussing this, I am planning to completely remove the > >> selection editing, i.e. dragging chunks of bitmaps around. I find it > >> utterly useless. It may have been coded at Be for demo purposes, lacking > >> image editing capabilities otherwise, but I find the functionality a) > >> misplaced in ShowImage, and b) much to limited to be useful anyway. And > >> WonderBrush comes standard in Haiku releases... :-) > > > > If it matters, I sort of like that functionality. > > > > It makes deleting sections of the image easy -- like blanking out > > names, email addresses, and other bits. The dragging of bitmap > > clippings to the desktop is really fun to use, especially as > > Screenshot does not have the ability to allow one to drag a selection > > area before taking the screen capture. For it's power -- I actually > > used ShowImage to blank out the "Get-Haiku" website graphic. > > > > --mmadia > > > > > > I'm with mmadia on this one. This is a feature I've always liked in > ShowImage, that I could open up a newly taken screenshot and outline > the section of the image I wanted and just drag it to the desktop, > just as I can drag a selection of text out of StyledEdit. It's a > feature I've been using for 12+ years now. ;) Sorry I was not clear, I never wanted to remove that, it's obviously useful. But I wanted to remove the ability to drag the selection within the bitmap to another place, I find that totally useless. I can only wonder how many attempts it took Matt to blank out some emails and stuff using that "feature" seeing you can't even adjust the selection (only start a new one). IMHO one should use the appropriate tool for the job. Best regards, -Stephan