The coming of SVG

[Lagi Pittas]

I was going for PICTURE but now I think  Richmond’s FRAME is better. It
takes into account the newbies, encompasses the same thought process as
Bernd’s BLACKBOARD and will stop Jacque killing Mark when there is no
abbreviation, because BLACK is taken.

Lagi

On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 at 08:53, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Frame
>
> Richmond.
>
> On 11/5/17 1:59 am, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode wrote:
> > for me "Picture" is a bit confusing.
> >
> > We have "Image" for bitmaps, "Graphic" for vector graphics of a certain
> type and now we might have "Picture" for all kinds of elements.
> >
> > However "Picture" is easily confused with "Image" or "Graphic" for a
> newcomer. The forum is full of synonyms that take a graphic for a bitmap
> and an image for a vector graphic.
> >
> > Why not call the new widget something like "Blackboard"? Or something
> like that. It conveys the notion that you can put all sort of things onto a
> blackboard, regardless of their internal representation. It alludes to the
> container for those things not the result of what is displayed.
> >
> > I like "Canvas" from LCB but unfortunately that is already taken. It
> would have been my favorite.
> >
> > Logically "Image", "Graphic" and "Picture" are all elements of a class
> of "visuals", but now "Image" and "Graphic" become elements of the class
> "Picture".
> >
> > It is a bit fuzzy what the difference in logical hierarchy is. A new
> term could prevent a possible confusion that "Picture" is a new logical
> class with said elements but at the same time a picture could be considered
> a member of class "Picture".
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Bernd
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