[openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations
- From: <holmqvist.fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:40:56 +0200
A plugins based app should only load slower if there are plugins while one that
has all the 'optionals' built in will always be slower for those who never use
them. Comparing two completly different apps, is very much apples and oranges.
Might I suggest that if you are going to implement all these photo-editing
functions it should be done in a ShowImage-replacement, not ShowImage itself,
so that those of us who like it the way it is can continue with it. I don't
mind if the replacement is the default, just as long as there is a sensible
option for us who don't do or care for image-editing. I guess you could even
share most of the code without forking everything.
/Fredrik Holmqvist
>
> From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/04/20 to PM 01:54:34 CEST
> To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ämne: [openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations
>
> > I consider most of the requests of things to add to showimage to only be
> > applicable to photos, and therefore a standalone app for simple photo
> > manipulation would be good. I'm also thinking ahead a bit to RAW support
> > and the other things that make photos unique - the ability to losslessly
> > alter white balance and things. I quite like the idea behind Apple's
> > Aperture (never used it, just seen the screenshots) - an app expressly
> > designed for photo manipulation recognising the source as a photo rather
> > than just a grid of pixels.
>
> The problem is when you run your slide show in ShowImage and then
> unexpectedly come across a photo that you need to correct in some way. Then
> you need to launch that other app and that's what is going to be annoying. I
> vote for making ShowImage handle photos, for the simple reason that most
> people are going to use it that way. What kind of images are you going to
> look at with ShowImage that are not photos?! I don't want to give ShowImage a
> more sophisticated GUI than it already has. I would even remove stuff from
> it. I would only change a feature that it already has to be more useful!
>
> And because the plug-in thing has come up - please not that plug-ins is the
> stuff that makes your app load slower. Just look at Refraction versus
> WonderBrush. And WonderBrush could start even faster if it wasn't using
> add-ons for its languages.
>
> Best regards,
> -Stephan
>
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