[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
<omicronpersei8 imagemagick.org>], who wrote in article
<200612150335.kBF3ZiU6027764studio.imagemagick.org>:
> > a) The web look-and-feel:
> >
> > 0) Tries to open everything in a new
window. Is there at least
> > ONE person who finds this beneficial?
 :-(
>
> In general we only open a new window if it is external
content.
Did you try? Go to "Processing", and look for
links there...
> With tabbed windows under Firefox 1.8 it flows well.
*Forcing* something on user never works well. Opening a
thing in a
tab should be the reader's decision, not writer's. Thanks,
but I know
how to mid-click...
> > Some time passes; you want to find this
"in depth" page
> > again - and it is very hard to do it. One
either needs to
> > sift through browser history window, or go
through the
> > sitemap (which, in turn, is not very prominent
on the title
> > page).
>
> We've expanded the site map. If all else fails, use
the search engine at
>
> http:
//magick.imagemagick.org/script/search.php
And search for *what*?
It is *great* that in-depth reference pages are available.
It hurts
that they are not readily available through the navigation
pane on the
left.
As done now, this pane takes about 25% of (very valuable)
screen real
estate, and does not provide a lot of functionality. Why
not make it
into a top-bar, instead of a left-bar? Then it would not
eat any real
estate...
> > 3) My version is 6.2.8-3; it took a lot of
time to realize that
> > the bugs I see are just for things which
are new in 6.3.4
> > (or whatever is the version documented
on the main page).
> > Due to this (obvious in hindsight)
confusion, would not it
> > be better to have "newer
stuff" marked as <new in 6.3.1> or
> > somesuch?
> Classic software conundrum. All bugs are fixed in the
next release.
I'm not sure that you understood my complaint. With web
docs, it is
important to have a way to sync the docs on the server with
the
version of software the users have on their clients. E.g.,
one way to
do it is to have a tiny clock icon near a new feature with a
tooltip
stating the version this feature was implemented. (Or just
keep
option lists separate for all released versions.)
> > 4) When in Firefox, the
command-line-options page acquires
> > horizontal scrollbar (even with quite
wide a screen). Is it
> > a Firefox bug (1.5.* here), or an
indication of a misfeature
> > with the page?
> We follow most web standards except we use tables for
layout instead of
> CSS but we're working on that. Perhaps its a bug in
your browser.
My FF is the latest pre-2.0 release. I'm sure it is the
most used
version in existence. Do you see the horizontal scrollbar
on your setup?
> > -fx docs specify some mysterious %[fx:] and
%[pixel:] which are not
> > mentioned again in these sections. It took me
several days to
> > realize that these escapes related not to -fx,
but to -format
> > (right?). I think this should be amended.
> We're aware of deficiencies in the documentation.
We're working on it as
> time permits.
I do not follow: are you interested in having *particular*
complaints
about the docs?
> > -blur and -gaussian - are they the same, or
different? What is the
> > mysterious "radius and standard deviation
(sigma)" they mention?
> > Assuming some sanity, -gaussian should take
X_SEMIAXIS x
> > Y_SEMIAXIS arguments. Does it?
> Radius and deviation determines the shape of the
convolution filter.
"Option -matte determines how the program
works."
Do you see the similarity?
> We'll expand on this subject when time permits.
Could you do it now, please? I expect that the convolution
filter in
the case of -gaussian is some cut-off of the centered
gaussian
distribution. A (centered) Gaussian distribution has 3
parameters
(sigmaIJ with IJ in 11, 12, 22); a "radius and standard
deviation
(sigma)" has no obvious map to these parameters...
Or is it that "standard deviation" determines the
sigma11=sigma22,
sigma12=0, and "radius" determines the used
cut-off? Then I do not see
how one could be able to specify radius, and not sigma...
Thanks,
Ilya
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