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<H1>Re: quick note from the TWAIN/SANE meeting at OLS</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Oliver Rauch (<A HREF="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE?Subject=Re:%20quick%20note%20from%20the%20TWAIN/SANE%20meeting%20at%20OLS&In-Reply-To=<3990452B.D8E9DA40@wolfsburg.de>"><EM>oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</EM></A>)<BR>
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<STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Tue Aug 08 2000 - 10:36:43 PDT
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David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
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<P><EM>> It is interesting how scanner vendors insist on writing their own
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<EM>> frontends. Graphics cards vendors seem to be able to live with the
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<EM>> fact that, on Windows, all they can do is add a couple of tabs to the
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<EM>> "Display Properties" dialog. I think the Graphics card approach is
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<EM>> MUCH better because it gives users a (mostly) consistent user
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<EM>> interface, while still giving vendors a certain level of
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<EM>> differentiation.
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<EM>>
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<EM>> I think if TWAIN were to become widespread on non-Windows/non-Mac
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<EM>> platforms, vendors would sooner or later realize that it's just not
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<EM>> practical to write a custom frontend for each case. What we can offer
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<EM>> to them is to give up some (not all!) of the control over the look of
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<EM>> the scanner dialog in return for not having to worry about the scanner
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<EM>> dialog ever again. Given how scanner prices have dropped over the
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<EM>> last couple of years, I'm quite sure there must be _some_ vendors that
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<EM>> would go for this deal.
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<P>I think it is good enough that the vendors can write their own frontends
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- if they really like an own interface. We should not support too much
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that the frontends do look different for each backend. For the user it
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is much better if we have a common interface.
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<P><EM>>
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<EM>> Different "skins" (themes) are also a way to make a dialog look more
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<EM>> unique without even changing how the interface works. Anyhow, making
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<EM>> the user-interface scriptable certainly would require some thought.
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<EM>> It's of course a chicken-and-egg problem. It would help greatly if we
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<EM>> had one or two scanner vendors that would be willing to work with us,
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<EM>> so we can make sure that the work wouldn't be wasted.
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<P>We could add some "reserved", "vendor specific" or "style-info" fields to
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the options to sane-standard 2.0. There is no need to specify it from the
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beginning, it can be marked as "reserved for future use" and defined
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when there is a need for it.
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<P>Bye
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Oliver
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Homepage: <A HREF="http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch">http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch</A>
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