[openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations

<holmqvist.fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You are looking from an implementation aspect, where a plugin = lib 
> and you
> have an OS that is using lazy loading. In that aspect it may very 
> well be a poor
> solution. It could just as easily be text-based ala expander.

But that aren't add-ons, now you're really coming to the fruit table :)

> > Dunno where you're taking apples and oranges from, anyway. I think 
> > Refraction is just poorly designed, especially in BeOS with its 32 
> > MB 
> > system wide add-on limit (but even without it).
> 'Apples and oranges' is am expression, which I might not be the best 
> to explain, [...]

I know that expression, sorry if I gave you a different impression.

> Comparing two different apps and coming to the conclusion that 
> 'plugins are bad'
> is not going to work. One of the apps may be bad because of other 
> issues than if
> it's plugin-based or not. (Poor design is a good example).

I was just trying to get this misconception out of your head: you can, 
indeed, compare two different apps (especially like WonderBrush and 
Refraction), and come to the conclusion that using add-ons like 
Refraction does is just a bad idea.

Bye,
   Axel.

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