On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:04:39 -0400 (EDT), FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: > From: "Ryan Leavengood" <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> > I hope the new names "Flip Sideways" and "Flip Upside Down" will > alleviate this problem for you. I think it does. Though I wonder if localized versions would be as smooth. In any case, I never really had the need to flip an image in a viewer. Rotating, sure... > > Since these operations may become computationally intensive with large data, > > the app mustn't block while mirroring. Maybe even a rastered preview could > > be computed first so you instantly see if you got the right mirror. > > Again proper names should be helpful in this and alleviate the need > for a preview. Also I feel having these operations block in an app > like ShowImage is acceptable since what else would you do while the > image was being flipped? Maybe I just confused or mistyped the "Rotate CW" shortcut with "Flip Sideways". My machine is very slow, and another app is burning cycles encoding video stream. Now I sit starring at the monitor while Showimage++ is flipping a 12 megapixel RAW image when I really wanted it rotated... :) There's no reasons to ever block when doing something that has even the remote possibility to take noticable time. > For anyone with a simple geometry background the rotation operations > should be pretty clear. Of course. It's just a way to cut down on shortcuts and menu items and I think the user would "get it" pretty quickly. Anyway, I can understand your concerns. It was just a whack idea I wanted to throw into the thread... :) J.Seemer