[Openicc] XP Color Control Panel

[Hal V. Engel]

I had a look at this as well.  Based on the descriptions that have been 
written about Qyranos/ICCExamine (I have not been able to get this to build 
on my machine) it looks to me be a lite version of Oyranos/ICCExamine.

Support for printers was very limited and simplistic.  For example there is no 
way to specify what driver settings/media a particular profile is designed to 
work with.  It did not find either of my scanners and it does not have a way 
to specify profile information for cameras.

Overall I would have to say that it is a baby step in the right direction but 
that MS still has a lot of work to do.  I hope that we can do better and from 
the early specs I have seen for Oyranos it looks to me like we are setting 
our sites way higher than MS is.

Also from reading stuff from Microsoft it appears that this is a prototype for 
the color control panel for longhorn/vista which will also include support 
for the new XML based profile format the MS is promoting in longhorn/vista.

Hal

On Wednesday 02 November 2005 02:09 pm, Stefan Döhla wrote:
> > I was handed this link so I thought I'd pass it on in case someone is
> > interested:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e33dca0-7721-43
> >ca-9174-7f8d429fbb9e&DisplayLang=en
>
> Yes, very interesting stuff. I did some minor tests (mainly for the
> vcgt tag) and it is indeed a very useful component for the preferences
> panel. Just as a note: I had some profiles lying around with different
> vcgt tags and all of them worked well (and lead (surprisingly) to same /
> similar results as xcalib). However, one should note, that the default
> profile for a monitor is changed only, when you press apply. Just
> setting it as default, doesn't change the registry entry.
>
> The only question I ask: Why didn't someone else do a control panel
> like this before? It's obvious and useful!
>
> Anyway, a step forward for Micro$oft. For those, who are interested in
> even more detailed descriptions of the new MS color architecture:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto
>
> There's a link to Windows Vista and Color Management, that's leading
> to some architecture description - interesting but too much today for a
> sleepy person like me ...
>
> Stefan