Posted by Neredbojias on 05/11/06 09:04

To further the education of mankind, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> vouchsafed:

>> I just got a great idea! How about if we call large thumbnails
>> "previews" to prevent any disharmonious associational confusion with
>> the main image? This would be a discrete term used to indicate the
>> image you see is more than a thumb but less than the full-fledged
>> image/content it links to.
>>
>> Don't know why I didn't think of this before...
>
> I am sorry, but no. This will simply not do. It is not as if
> there is some big and defined problem about what to call pics
> that link. It is a matter of understanding what is happening in
> what context and so describing it. "Preview" would not capture it
> if the image was perfectly adequate for looking at and enjoying
> or learning or whatever (even though it links to some larger file
> suitable for another purpose).
>
> I just wanted to make the point that quite big pictures cannot be
> sensibly called thumbnails in all contexts where they link to
> even bigger ones. It would be just as big a mistake to call them
> previews. If they do link to a very high quality file for
> printing, the printing software might have something that
> displays a preview of how it will sit on the page and so on, here
> the meaning is clearer.
>
> There is no general problem of naming to be solved. So please
> don't be impressed too easily with any straw cast your way that
> appears to solve "it".

How 'bout if we term it "The image that cannot be named"?

Blessings and peace be upon you.

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Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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