On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 04:37:31PM +0100, WereSpielChequers wrote:
But since Flickr has already proven that something
like this can work in
practice, can we agree to classify Image filters as one of those things that
work in practice but not in theory? Then we can concentrate on the practical
issue of if we decide to implement this, how do we do it better than Flickr
has?
The secret ingredient is the frame in which you work.
David's Magical Flying unicorn ponies work very well thank you in
the frame of fairytale fiction.
Flickr's system works -to some degree- within intersection of the
frames of the flickr community, commercial objectives, and the
laws of physics.
Having a filter for wikimedia projects might be very hard,
without violating some of our basic beliefs along the way.
How many folks here have actually tried to figure out a solution
to this puzzle given the frame/constraints?
It's really tricky! I keep getting stuck.
sincerely,
Kim Bruning
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