[haiku-commits] Re: r39105 - haiku/trunk/src/apps/showimage
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:22:22 +0200 (MEST)
Citi Boy<citi324@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[editing images in ShowImage]
> This is actually extremely useful to create quick and dirty mockups,
> such as when you compose screenshots combining various image files (as
> a whole or parts of them). It makes for a great DnD demo too. Perhaps
> this feature could be enabled using a key modifier? That way it
> remains available but in an unobstrusive kind of way.
The point is not only obstrusiveness, but also simply wrongly placed
functionality. While it might be handy to play mp3s from within Tracker, it's
functionality that doesn't belong there. There are apps who are designed to do
that, and they are *so* much better at it than ShowImage.
Please just use one of them. One day we'll even have real package management,
but I don't think it's too much to ask to download an install an additional
application. The OS cannot and should not deliver any possible piece of
software. Even Linux distributors begin to understand that, and it's not hard
to imagine that there isn't a way that pleases anyone.
Jonas Sundström<jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> WonderBrush seems capable enough. Perhaps its interface can be
> simplified, somehow, but I can understand if you don't want to
> dumb it down, Stephan, with all the work you've put into it.
Don't underestimate your target audience. The software should not be dumb, it
should only keep easy things simple, and make hard things possible :-)
WonderBrush is based on concepts you should understand before you can use it
easily, that's true, but you can always use ArtPaint or any such application if
you prefer. In any case, you can use WonderBrush to edit screenshots perfectly,
and there is definitely no need to add an inferior interface to another app
that happens to be able to show images.
Bye,
Axel.
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