[openbeos] Re: ShowImage Bloat

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:47:53 +0100 CET

"Commander Sozo" <CommdrSozo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If the sides are this polarized on the issue, perhaps there should be 
> an "options" or a "mode" menu that lets you choose between "standard" 
> and "spectacular" modes.  Have the standard mode (clone of R5 
> ShowImage) by default, and if the user changes the option all the 
> fancy 
> features become available.  Sure would hate to see all the hard work 
> go 
> to waste (plus all the time talking about it).  My 2 cents..

That's a joke, right?
A simple slideshow is a basic feature of an image viewer - show me one 
image viewer that cannot do this besides R5 ShowImage. Having different 
"modes" would be bloat, ugly, and unintuitive IMO.

Bye,
   Axel.


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