On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:40:09 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Karl Günter Wünsch wrote: > >>>> BTW: I asked a few of my friends (who are less into image editing but >>>> well capable of using a computer and who at most only knew the GIMP by >>>> name) what export was supposed to mean and they all responded that it >>>> was the use of external resources to store the image (FB, Flickr, >>>> Dropbox)... >>> >>> And that proves exactly what? :) >> IMHO it only shows that the split of the function is artificial in >> nature and that the chosen command name for one of the most used >> function (no matter what you do, you can't upload an xcf for >> presentation on the web nor can you send in an xcf to a printer nor can >> you do anything worthwhile with an xcf outside the very limited world of >> the GIMP - so saving under a different format is a must for any user and >> export isn't the first command name that comes to mind of anyone if >> searching for this option) is ambiguous at best and progressively >> misleading in todays environment... > > What you are saying is: > > 1. We made a clear separation between saving and exporting... > 2... where saving means preserving all project data for internal use > 3... and exporting means saving a new file that is typically a JPEG or > PNG for external use. No, "export" means the act of *sending* the image to the external resource, not converting the format. If a service provider accepts XCF files directly for download, the act of transferring the file is still an "export" by this definition. Think in physical terms. Transporting an object from country A to country B is "exporting" it from country A, whether or not anything is changed about the object (repackaging, changing the electrical plug, etc). > 4. Your friends actually understand that separation on a user level. > 5. Which makes us wrong. > > In other words, you've just given us an example that supports our > vision, while claiming that it contradicts it. That's one hell of an > IMHO from you :) -- Robert Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> MIT VI-3 1987 - Congratulations MIT Engineers men's hoops Final Four! Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- http://ProgFree.org Project lead for Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
