On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:16:15 +0300, Alexander Rabtchevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why don't add such a wonderful floating tip with a short description of > the switch and not to revoke the possibility from a user?
This is already done. There is a tooltip associated with that option and it explains what it can be used for. Just try it an see for yourself... Sven is right to be concerned about the number of options in the JPEG save dialog. But as I explained in my previous message, this one is useful so that is why I added it. Besides the option "Force baseline JPEG" that I removed last Friday, there are other options that could be removed in the future: - the choice of DCT method (integer, fast but less accurate integer, or floating-point) because the speed differences are not significant anymore, - the ability to add restart markers because unreliable channels are much less common nowadays, - the smoothing option because this can also be performed by the usual blur filters. All these options could still be available through the PDB interface for those who really miss them, but otherwise I think that they should be removed from the advanced options soon after GIMP 2.4 is released. It will then be time to think about redesigning the JPEG save dialog from scratch. As I mentioned earlier, I would like to simplify that dialog and only have a dozen presets for the quality settings instead of having the 101 values in the quality slider plus the choice of chroma subsampling in the advanced options. Picking one of these presets would select the corresponding quality level (quantization tables) and the most appropriate chroma subsampling. These may still be available in the advanced options, but most users would never have to worry about them. I am not sure if the best way to make a choice among the dozen presets would be a set of radio buttons, a slider with discrete values or a combo box, but this is something that we can discuss later when we redesign that window. -Raphaël _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
