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ukb007
2nd August 2004, 06:30
Hi.

I've said this before, and will say it again. Doom9's news-sheet makes my day.

He does roam, he does. It's so full of wonders, in more ways for me than one can imagine. Consider this, from news-sheet of July 31:

Cuttermaran 1.59 (http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/DigiTV/Cuttermaran%201.59.zip) fixes a bunch of bugs and the timecode will turn red if the corresponding frame cannot be displayed.

Now I wonder, my god, what is Cutterman 1.59, and what does it do? It must be something a videolover ought to be interested in, or at least know, because it has made it in Doom9's newssheet. Is my life worth living, now that I know I don't know?

Oh yes, space is a constraint. But can he think about providing 6-word explanations in brackets for the lesser known softwares? As to what would be considered lesser-known, it will remain solely his decision.

It's only a suggestion. It would reduce the wonders, but, what the hell, it ain't a perfect world.

Regards.

stickboy
15th August 2004, 03:49
I agree.

It's one of my biggest peeves, and it seems to happen especially often when people start new threads for release announcements.

Maybe a short blurb could be used in the link's TITLE attribute; that way it doesn't consume any extra space on the page, but information can be gleaned from the tooltip.

quinn
15th August 2004, 06:01
Ah, but that makes it a treasure hunt..... I've gone off to the tool section or google more than once to find out what some newly mentioned tool could do to make my video life easier :D