[openbeos] Re: Build Farm



Try to define ShowImage now - is it an image viewer or a slideshow displayer? Now try justifying adding these useful slideshow features in "*ShowImage* R2":

* User-definable caption for each picture based on a BeOS attribute
* Transitions
* Changing the order pictures are displayed in
* Displaying files stored in different directories

I think most people would call them "bloat" for ShowImage. However, given a show image with navigation consisting of "Prev Image, Next Image, View Slideshow" and a seperate slideshow app specifically designed for the purpose (say with a list view listing the files to be displayed, allowintg drag-and-drop to add files or change the order), it is much easier to justify new slideshow-specific features for the slideshow-specific app.


You could split it in parts: a image viewing component, and applications that use it. One could be solely a viewer for a single image which can maybe zoom, and one that can do slideshows and associated things, and maybe later someone makes other applications that use the component.

Eike Dehling.


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