Quoting Craig Bradney
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:21 PM To: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] terminology proposal
On Wednesday 22 June 2005 18:14, aaron@...749... wrote:
mental@...3... wrote:
Quoting Jakub Steiner <jimmac@...659...>:
Hi folks, Until yesterday I haven't had a chance to play with what you call effects. Because I believe this is a misleading terminology I want to propose an alternative:
Scripts
I'd prefer Scripts, myself.
"Effects" in the sense suggested should probably be reserved to refer to SVG Filter Effects[1].
But don't forget that SVG can also have embeded Scripts.
How about Macros? (I know, bring about nasty feeling of embedded .scr, .xls or .doc macros, but anyway)
I think that Macros is honestly an even worse term for it. Typically a macro system is something set up so that you can easily record and play back a series of steps (whether key presses, movements, menu selection, etc).
So, people that use Office apps as well as Adobe's suite for example would just be confused by calling them that. In addition, you can typically include what we currently call "Effects" in the macros that you record (in similar apps).
I dunno... I think the terminology stuff is pretty tough to decide on. In the SVG world, filter is a reserved term. Effects in graphics apps do typically tend to be a little more dynamic so that if you change original shapes it will update the effect. Perhaps script is the most appropriate even though it will be confusing to non-technical users. I dunno... just my .02 =/
-Josh