C 3-D

[P3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

I wrote about the C 3-D project and part of Larry Berlin's reply was:
-> 
->******  I agree with your assessment of the CD's value and feel that
->improving the overall quality of the images included would be a very
->worthwhile step, especially in light of the values you mention.

True, but it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back in the
copilation of the CD. Let's get something going first, and then refine
it for future editions... But if the images can be improved - or stored
on the CD without lossy comression or whatever, then by all means make
the improvements. After all, transferring large files from a CD doesn't
cost $$$!

->>
->>If you want a compilation of images, then that is a totally different
->>animal. If you want that, then get the CD, contact the site owners
->>directly and request the images that you like in a form that you
->like. >When you've amassed a suitable collection of your favourite
->images, just >archive them onto your own CD. By the time you've
->collected them CD >writers will be standard issue in all new PCs...
->>......
-> 
->****   I think the proposed CD could serve both purposes. It can be
->an image library as well as a snapshot of the web pages represented.
->Either way or both ways the project will require a bit of organizing
->and work. Were I doing such a project just for myself, I'd want to
->definitely improve the overall standard for image presentation. It
->may not be possible in all cases to get original images to work from,
->but the effort to do it in that fashion would make a better end
->result. It would improve current web content (due to the attention
->and effort involved) as well as making the contributors to this
->project look better and provide easier access to anyone using the
->disc. 

Great - if it can be done. But I see the images as supportive to the
text, rather than the purpose of large numbers of sites. Of course, some
sites ARE largely picture galleries, and these are the ones to
concentrate on first for image improvement.

Bob Aldridge
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