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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Nifty tip for Mac users of Spyder2
2007-10-27 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 10/26/07 8:42:57 PM, marko.mili@... writes:
I've come across many of your posts while
learning about color management, and it is obvious that you have solid knowledge of that
subject, but on this topic, this is just plain FUD.
Please work on your attitute, tone, and politeness. Here are a few perspectives you might not have considered:
Teaching people that this is the way to access our application causes confusion when, on another computer, the same process pulls up a different app of ours with a different feature set, or opens the visual calibration process. After all, if this is the magic door to monitor calibration, then it may pull up Spyder2express (no user controllable settings) or Spyder3Elite (tons and tons of settings), or something in between.
We are attempting to keep our applications as consistant across platforms as possible; OS related tricks like this don't fit well with that. Suprisingly, many users tend to learn one way to access an application, and lack the flexibility to find it in other ways. Keep in mind we are producing these applications in ten languages for users who speak hundreds of languages, and are often working in something other than their native tongue.
Installing a new OS and finding your monitor calibration software "gone" from where you have been using it would stymie such users.
Yes, there are places where Apple offers to let applications hook into OS-based elements... which is usually more to Apple's advantage, in the larger picture, than the advantage of the third party.
Given the above, and a number of other factors, this does not strike me as the preferred method of installing our applications. Feel free to use it; but don't expect our applications to install themselves in the location where directions, books, and articles tell you that you will find the Mac Visual Calibrator, at least not in the near future.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com
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