[Clipart] parameterized clipart

[Ted Gould]

Bryce Harrington wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 09:23:50AM +0100, Stephen Silver wrote:
>>What I would like to see eventually is a way to contribute parameterized
>>clipart to OCAL.  So, for example, the user could be given the chance to
>>choose a new time for the clock image, and the server would generate the
>>image with the chosen time for the user to download.
> 
> I love this idea.  I've been thinking somewhat along similar lines from
> the context of woodworking designs where the user could vary one or two
> parameters (such as the length for a table, or the height/width of a
> bookcase) and have the dimensions recalculate.

One thing to be careful with in embedded scripts it the possibility for 
malicious scripts.  I know that the Wikipedia guys are very concerned 
about it.  I'm not sure how real the worry is, but we should probably at 
least give it some consideration.

		--Ted