On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 14:28 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 9/2/05, Gavin Band <gavinband@...663...> wrote:
can't zoom out far enough. So, what do you propose? Unlimited zoom-out is impossible.
Is there some compelling technical reason for this?
Apart from "running out of bits" as Mental said, a more important reason is usability. If a program allows a user to go somewhere infinitely without a limit, it basically allows that user to shoot him/herself in the foot. Keyboard keys may stick, intentionally or unintentionally; what's worse, zoom is stored in the file and restored on load. All this may lead to situations where you you don't see anything on screen "no matter how long" you try to zoom in (i.e. you need to do it for a really long time but you don't know how long). If you are unaware of the zoom value field and the shortcuts such as "zoom to drawing", the program appears broken to you.
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Well, I wasn't thinking that there would be no limit; rather that the limit would be when whole picture is (say) 1/16th of the size of the window. That would avoid the problem you mention, yet still allow any image to be viewed in its entirety.
Thanks, gav.