[REBOL] Re: help!! image => clipboard:// WAS{Re: Re: Ready for REBOL/Core 2.6?}
From: carl:cybercraft at: 9-Mar-2002 12:39
On 09-Mar-02, Jason Cunliffe wrote:
>> > Will the next release of /View support binary data via
>> > clipboard:// ?
>>
>> Image data ? Possibly. The problem is that this is highly
> platform-dependent.
> Holger
> PLEASE: Yes, I realize RT leans towards an all-or-nothing [platform
> neutral] policy.
> The deep Catch-22 is that for desktop-type interactions, ie: people
> using mice, 'some is waaay better than 'none.
> Win32/MacOSX/Linux/others
> [..in roughly that order]
> IMO, /View's image built-in graphics processing is of trivial use
> unless desktop apps can integrate well with people's other workflow
> environment. That means cut'n'paste.
> Since 15++years, cut'n'paste between media software is fully
> expected, with Drag'n'drop catching up solidly in past 6 years.
> CRTL [MacCMD] + Z | X | C | V functions are one of the implicit
> cornerstones of GUI computing. It's an individal choice whether or
> not to use mouse, menu or buttons. Any decent tool offer redundancy
> sensibly.
> For me, without image clipboard capability, /View has no real
> future.
> It's a deal breaker [not weaving but drwoning]. I am sorry to be so
> dramatic, but have been struggling with this for issue a while now.
> I can'tsee any way round it. I hope others will express their
> opinions.
I agree entirely with you Jason. Very well argued.
> regards
> ./Jason
--
Carl Read
