What he said :-) -----Original Message----- From: Helmar Rudolph [mailto:helmar@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 5:53 AM To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [openbeos] Re: ShowImage Bloat What I think is needed - and there has been a discussion on this (tool chain) on the GE list a while ago - is a way to modularize everything, simply so that you don't have to open any particular application. In some ways it would make applications redundant, because there is an intelligent interface that recognises the MIME type and offers (grouped) (and available) functions that apply to this particular type. Sure, a GUI would pop up in most cases, but then it's no longer ShowImage, ArtPaint or LoadImageBytesButDontDoAnythingElse. ... I know R1 won't be like that, but here's to hoping that R2 isn't yet another dumb wannabe clone of other systems that 20 years after the first PC came out are pretty much on the same evolutionary level. OBOS can make history, but first its developers and constructors need to understand same. ... Helmar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification.