[openbeos] Re: ShowImage Bloat

> I don't think it could be more obvious what to use. You want to show 
> a 
> slideshow - use the app called "SlideShow". You want to view an image 
> -
>  use "ShowImage". To me it's less obvious that I can open a single 
> file 
> using an app called "ShowImage" and from that click a menu item that 
> displays a slideshow of all the images in the directory the original 
> file came from.
> 
You see the "slideshow" just as a viewer and nothing more. I see the 
"slideshow" as an extension of "ShowImage".  I thought it was nice that 
I do not have to open and close every file in a certain directory 
anymore. It is nice to "slide" between them and maybe drag and drop 
some selections. 
You don't see "slideshow" as an extension. You see it as a standalone 
application that does not need drag and drop functions.
> I don't understand the 80% claim - I suppose you mean the fact that 
> it 
> loads an image and displays it using the translation kit? It really 
> doesn't take much code to do that (the translation kit rocks!). A lot 
> of ShowImage code isn't needed for a slide show app (dragging 
> cuttings 
> around, saving as different file formats, all the menus, etc). In the 
> same way, creating a nicer slideshow app would involve a lot of code 
> not needed for viewing individual images.
>
If you see the "slideshow" application as a viewer, you do not need all 
the functionality of the "showimage" application. With the 80% claim I 
ment the functionality of the "showimage" application that you should 
have taken over into the "slideshow" application. 

I understand your opinion, but I think that the slideshow is a small 
issue, and many will think it is good and others will think it is bad. 
But that depends on how you use the "showimage" application.

I agree on you Simon, that if you want to do more then "showing the 
image" you should use another application for that. But with  a 
"slideshow" option you do not change a picture, you just go to 
anotherone to "show". So this is no problem for the "ShowImage" 
application ;).
gr
        Jixt

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