JPEG encoding is always a touchy subject. Even PS IMHO is a bit under. I always end up having to save as PNG/TIFF and do the final encoding in PhotoImpact, because of better options/quality. And no, "Save for Web..." just won't cut it. Its always mind bending to watch the JPEG encoder ruin all your carefully crafted unsharp masking...
Sorry to make a blunt point on your "blind people" comment, but ever heard of screen readers? The check out JAWS or HAL. Better yet, download a demo to a Winbox and try them out.
Most blind people i know of dumped serial speech synths and braile lines a while ago, opting for a soft synth. And most dropped DOS/Wordstar for Win/Word a loooooooooog time ago too.
Like i said, user=AppCentric not OSCentric.
Though i do agree with with your "elite" view. Those who have it, go Linux, either part or full time. Those who dont, use Windows or MacOS,)
And you make a decent point on the registry thing. MANY Win users still feel bad for the day when.ini files were dumped in favor of the dumbass aproach of registry. And now Linux WANTS THAT too??? Talk bout little sanity and even less comon sense. Registry never offered anything decent and only brought a cart load of trouble with it:(
As usual, the matter revolves around browser/office/mailer/joeuseraverageapps. Think the world as a whole revolves around that? Think again. Different users, different needs.
"The GIMP - Never used, nor now do I need Photoshop."
Well, sorry to burst yer bublle, but i do. And so do do hundreds of graphic related professionals.
And sorry, but GIMP doesnt cut it. I know, i use GIMP for other stuff. Photoshop isnt king of the hill on hype, its on merit.
And Video work??? Cinelerra might do it in the long run, but its gona take a few more revs.
3D work? Hmmm, there are a few apps... But dont mention POV plz... Blender maybe...
Just because gfx pros arent "your average joe user" doesnt mean we dont work for a living. And we need the apps to get work done. Get Photoshop for Linux and you MIGHT convert a few.
And hardware support??? Usually it takes ages for Linux to get drivers for the new whizzbang scanner i bought (and paid good bucks) to increase quality. Heck, SANE doesnt even have proper support for my 6/7 year old former scanner nevermind the new one.
So, dig your collective heads out of the sand. As far as gfx users go, Linux stands to Windows more or less as Win3.0 stood to MacOS once. Nice OS, no apps, no drivers.
Btw, this post is being written in Firefox, running on an XP box, and before it hits the net, it will go through a Slack10 box that serves as Router/Webserver and wich i rigged up myself (as i did all my boxes). I work as part-time tech support and part-time gfx artist.
I dont really care wich OS i use as long as it has the apps i need. I dont care about how good an OS is if it DOESNT have the apps i need.
Users arent usually OSCentric, they are APPCentric. Unless they are zealots, either *nix or *indows veriety.
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JPEG encoding is always a touchy subject. Even PS IMHO is a bit under. I always end up having to save as PNG/TIFF and do the final encoding in PhotoImpact, because of better options/quality. And no, "Save for Web..." just won't cut it. Its always mind bending to watch the JPEG encoder ruin all your carefully crafted unsharp masking...
Sorry to make a blunt point on your "blind people" comment, but ever heard of screen readers? The check out JAWS or HAL. Better yet, download a demo to a Winbox and try them out. Most blind people i know of dumped serial speech synths and braile lines a while ago, opting for a soft synth. And most dropped DOS/Wordstar for Win/Word a loooooooooog time ago too. Like i said, user=AppCentric not OSCentric. Though i do agree with with your "elite" view. Those who have it, go Linux, either part or full time. Those who dont, use Windows or MacOS ,)
And you make a decent point on the registry thing. MANY Win users still feel bad for the day when .ini files were dumped in favor of the dumbass aproach of registry. And now Linux WANTS THAT too??? Talk bout little sanity and even less comon sense. Registry never offered anything decent and only brought a cart load of trouble with it :(
As usual, the matter revolves around browser/office/mailer/joeuseraverageapps. Think the world as a whole revolves around that? Think again. Different users, different needs.
"The GIMP - Never used, nor now do I need Photoshop."
Well, sorry to burst yer bublle, but i do. And so do do hundreds of graphic related professionals.
And sorry, but GIMP doesnt cut it. I know, i use GIMP for other stuff. Photoshop isnt king of the hill on hype, its on merit.
And Video work??? Cinelerra might do it in the long run, but its gona take a few more revs.
3D work? Hmmm, there are a few apps... But dont mention POV plz... Blender maybe...
Just because gfx pros arent "your average joe user" doesnt mean we dont work for a living. And we need the apps to get work done. Get Photoshop for Linux and you MIGHT convert a few.
And hardware support??? Usually it takes ages for Linux to get drivers for the new whizzbang scanner i bought (and paid good bucks) to increase quality. Heck, SANE doesnt even have proper support for my 6/7 year old former scanner nevermind the new one.
So, dig your collective heads out of the sand. As far as gfx users go, Linux stands to Windows more or less as Win3.0 stood to MacOS once. Nice OS, no apps, no drivers.
Btw, this post is being written in Firefox, running on an XP box, and before it hits the net, it will go through a Slack10 box that serves as Router/Webserver and wich i rigged up myself (as i did all my boxes). I work as part-time tech support and part-time gfx artist.
I dont really care wich OS i use as long as it has the apps i need. I dont care about how good an OS is if it DOESNT have the apps i need.
Users arent usually OSCentric, they are APPCentric. Unless they are zealots, either *nix or *indows veriety.