Re: The problems of reviews... (X-Rite CM)
Re: The problems of reviews... (X-Rite CM)
- Subject: Re: The problems of reviews... (X-Rite CM)
- From: Uli Zappe <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:08:53 +0200
Am 19.04.2008 um 16:58 schrieb Keith Cooper:
It's interesting to see the impact on software design of the need to
get positive reviews of products.
I am glad there is an impact. I've done a lot of work trying to
advocate the interests of users in a market that seems to be busy with
itself. Joe User hardly has a chance to ever get heard, and there's
all kinds of incompatibilities and bugs in the products I tested. If
not even someone like me - who spends large amounts of time trying to
do what Joe User does not have the time to do - gets heard, then this
industry would be in bad shape.
The utterly spurious 'ratings' beloved by some publications do lead
to to a style of 'feature count' reviewing that does readers looking
for useful information no help whatsoever.
Since it's in German, I don't think you've read the already published
parts of my review, have you?
FYI, that feature counts do not help at all was exactly the premise of
the review (together with the other premise that only a comparative
test performed by scientific standards would really help). As a
result, I've been working on this review for ten months now,
cooperated with several universities and research institutes to come
up with an evaluation as objective as possible for the quality of the
measurement devices and the profile genration of the software.
I've tested every possible software/hardware combination on the market
to provide the reader with a clear-cut comparison of what combinations
work best and created thousands of profiles in the process. I wrote my
own test programs as nothing available suited my needs. AFAIK, this is
the most complete review of the color management market ever
performed; when all parts will have been published, they will comprise
more than 50 pages of dense information in a mainstream publication.
I'm really trying to bring color management to a broader audience, and
at the same time, trying to push the industry to get rid of the most
irritating bugs that immediately stand in the way of Mac users wanting
to adopt color management.
I am minded to think of the 'Randomise my monitor setup when a cloud
goes in front of the Sun' feature on the huey. Much beloved by the
more clueless reviewers ;-)
Should this be your criterium for cluelessness, then I'm glad I
fulfilled your high standards, as I criticized this "feature" as
exactly that, a non-feature. 8-)
Fortunately, I get to write about things without an advertising
department breathing down my neck ;-) :-)
Do you want to suggest I do? Well, I don't (how could I have been a
pain in the ass for X-Rite otherwise?). Thanks for your open-
mindedness, though... ;-)
PS I've had my Mac set at gamma 2.2 for years now, as have many Mac
users I regularly come across. And I manage to watch videos just
fine :-)
Well, what shall I say? Why do you even care about color when the
total visual experience is this unimportant to you? (And no, the
visual faculty does not adapt to contrast as it does to the white
point ...)
Bye
Uli
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