[Openicc] colord information

edmund ronald edmundronald at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 18:05:31 PST 2011


BTW; I just have a tendency to vocally disagree with the Linux for
Dummies philosophical premise, but in no way do I doubt the
gentleman's demonstrated expertise or dedication.

Edmund

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:18 AM, edmund ronald <edmundronald at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I was trying to politely point out to Richard Hughes that the
> users of a 44" Epson printer (I have one, actually) are going to look
> like oddballs compared to the owners of $30 printers. And so, if one
> chooses to support the big iron one should have one credible one big
> iron use-case. Frankly, just to be really nasty, users of $30 printers
> don't usually know sh*t about color profiles, Photoshop, or CMYK and
> so if they are going to be our target in designing a color management
> system for Linux, I suggest we wire everything to sRGB from the start
> and get on with our lives.
>
> Edmund
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:07:08 +0100, edmund ronald wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:33:22 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
>>>>> On 11 February 2011 10:34, edmund ronald <edmundronald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I like virtual users for interface design work, because they focus (or
>>>>>> detour) the imagination in a way just staring at the screen cannot
>>>>>> achieve.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem with virtual users is that it's very easy to devise
>>>>> oddball use cases that doesn't represent the majority, or that you can
>>>>> easily test with. This leads to feature creep.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think feature creep is a *huge* problem in open source software.
>>>>
>>>> No argument there, but this kind of thing is also what pushes the
>>>> envelope with new capabilities.
>>>
>>> Ok, I have an idea, Robert, from now on we drop support for any
>>> printer that costs more than $500 from Gutenprint, because clearly
>>> these printers are used by less than 1% of consumers, and also they
>>> are well served by commercial software. And we also drop support for
>>> any gamut that is outside sRGB as 99% of all imagery is sRGB by
>>> default.
>>
>> I've actually had seriously-intended suggestions that amount to that.
>> I ignore them.
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