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I have no idea who’ll use this, but why not?

Posted in 15 pixels of fame, OS X, Paparazzi, development, options, software, software development, software philosophy, wordpress by Mark Jaquith on October 23rd, 2006

Seen on the changelog for Paparazzi!, a clever OS X app for taking full-height screenshots of websites:

JPEG 2000 export (under Tiger). I have no idea who’ll use this, but why not?

The moment you see that on a WordPress changelog message, it’ll be time to jump ship (or rather, “fork ship”). The question answers itself: because there is no obvious benefit, and there are several hidden costs.

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  1. donnchatest said, on October 24th, 2006 at 12:12 pm

    They could always make it an option … :)

  2. Donncha said, on October 24th, 2006 at 12:13 pm

    Doh, trust me to use a test account when commenting!

  3. Wevah said, on October 28th, 2006 at 3:40 pm

    What’s the hidden cost, other than another menu item in a popup, of adding the option of saving as JPEG 2000?

  4. Mark Jaquith said, on October 28th, 2006 at 6:18 pm

    Changes to other code could break it. It’s a support and maintenance burden.

    You can never get rid of it, because there be that vocal 1% minority that’ll make your life hell if you try.

  5. engtech said, on October 29th, 2006 at 5:21 pm

    I’m a fan of the Firefox ScreenGrab extension for that kind of thing. http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1146/

  6. Wevah said, on October 30th, 2006 at 6:36 pm

    Well, if it’s hidden cost to *me* we’re talking about, I’ll take it (since it was about 5 minutes to do).

  7. Wevah said, on November 4th, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    Not that it’s *really* important, but I thought about it some more, and I’m now seeking input from my users. I’m excitable. :)

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