On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:08:55PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > > > > Side effect, will be RGBA be named RGBT everywhere (in user visible > > interface)? Is not a bit silly to start renaming basic concepts of a > > field with something else (aka causing differences with reference docs > > that existed long time ago)? Just wondering. > > the user shouldn't be confronted with the term RGBA at all. IIRC, this > is the case unless she's writing a script or plug-in in which case she > is not a user any longer but a developer. Maybe. But how do you say RGBA in less then five words without using the acronym? I think RGBA is one of the terms a Gimp user could learn. BTW, I'm not sure if someone already pointed out Transparency is the oposite of Alpha, so if we changed Alpha to Transparency, not only the word, but also the meaning would change (think about all the hscales, entries and curves). Yeti
