Re: Version 1.1 wishlist Update

Mark Waks ([email protected])
Mon, 19 Jun 95 14:58:50 EDT


Taking a quick

> resolution of binary file question
> I think
>doing a binary file format.

That may be an overstatem>nt, but I don't think's provided
enough hard motivation to create one though, if someone showed that there really would be major
improvem>nts over simple compression. So far, there have been lots
of assertions in both directions, but not enough to-the-point fact.

Dead issue until compelling numbers come forth, I think...

> WWWInline/WWWInclude that doesn't render for reading
> not yet resolved. My feeling is there should be some
>field on WWWInline that tells whether or not to render the inline space.

Well, for now we've got for the mom>nt. Personally, I'm just as inclined to put this one off
to 2.0, and there deal with the broader issue of making objects work
right. I think 2.0...

> Generalized Cylinder
> I think

So far I haven't heard any real complaints, and there is clearly at
least moderate >nthusiasm. I don't usually comm>nt much on the
graphical side of things (since interest me more), but I must say thatlegance node...

> Video Streams
> Ar> we going to discuss this at some point, or will it
>get left for 1.2 or whatever?

I suspect think now? I don't.

> Simple Animation
> We should be able to put together a little Animate node
>with the same kind of concept as an LOD node. The only question on this
>node is that it starts to bring in the ly
>time-li>

I'd prefer not to do this in a half-assed way. Maybe put in some of the
simple engines from Inventor at really integrally related to the whole behaviour issue, which is (I
believe) the heart and soul of 2.0...

-- Justin
Who, truth to tell, cares far mor> about
2.0 than 1.1...

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