On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 12:25:16AM -0700, Robert G. Werner wrote:
> Interesting.
> I would have said just the oposite: Most images are created to be viewed=
on
> monitors so assuming 72 pixels/inch makes sense, especially when resizin=
g is
> available. Some smarts to let the user know that opening the pic at a 1/1
> ratio is going to make it outlandishly huge would be nice.=20
> In the end, whatever Abi assumes, it will usually be wrong (by definiti=
on,
> when a program assumes something the user will do their damndest to want
> something else ;-)) so I think the resize tabs are nearly mandatory.
> Finally, Abi should respect any internal info the pic has, again, unle=
ss it
> is unreasonable and then give the user a choice.
>=20
I'm thinking of scanned images and images I get from my digital camera.
The software, by default, sets sizes/resolutions that would result in huge
pictures. Other sources, like clipart, might be smarter..
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