On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:07:38 +0100 luigi scarso <luigi.sca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Alan BRASLAU <alan.bras...@cea.fr> > wrote: > > > Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings > > to anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy. > > > > I guess that we belong now to a society without any imagination, > > requiring lots of colors, shadowing (and even animation) in order to > > get an idea across... > > > > (At least make use of the third dimension to describe SOMETHING if > > you are going to include it.) > > > > > > http://www.pdf3d.com/gallery.php > shows other examples I guess that "impress the gallery" is a translation of an expression in French referring to the upper, low-price, standing room only balcony in theaters, populated by an audience that is easily impressed... Sorry, but I insurge against the frequent, abusive misuse of 3d-like illustrations common in PowerPoint and other MSWord documents. Sometimes, it is useful to illustrate something in perspective; in most cases this turns out to be very marginal - nothing more than "eye candy" - makes life sweeter! Alan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
