Re: Default colors vs. gamma

[Quentin Mathé]

Le 13 oct. 04, à 01:37, Alexander Malmberg a écrit :

> After looking at the mails and #GNUstep discussion, I get this list 
> (if I misplaced or forgot someone, please correct me):
>
> Against:
> Dennis Leeuw
> Fred Kiefer
> Gürkan Sengün
> (_maybe_ Adam Fedor, not sure how to read that mail)
>
> For:
> Nicolas Roard
> Alex Perez [1]
> Jeff Teunissen
> Riccardo Mottola
>
> Which doesn't really get us anywhere, except that it's now late and I 
> need to sleep. :)
>
> [1] After discussion in #GNUstep, it turned out that Alex's earlier 
> mails here were based on a misunderstanding of what the patch did.

Well to bring back the issue, I would say I'm in the "For" list. Dennis 
Leeuw has moved to "For" list too I can conclude by reading this last 
mail on the subject.

In my opinion, it is better to have a somewhat correct default look 
with a default gamma between 1.6 and 2.2, even if this gamma is wrong, 
by taking in account you can have it truly right with a default 
(wrapped by a Preferences panel ideally). Moreover iirc GNOME/KDE uses 
a 1.6 gamma, Mac OS X a 1.8 gamma and Windows a 2.2 gamma, with such 
values we can conclude it is reasonable (for color compatibility) to be 
in this range not at the extreme opposite. Last point, I cannot imagine 
having a desktop environment which asks a newbie to set its gamma, it 
is a such complex notion for the everyday user.

Quentin.

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Quentin Mathé
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