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Re: Fujifilm X RAW STUDIO webapp clone

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Apple doesn't allow any other browser engine than Webkit. So essentially all browsers on iOS are reskinned Safari. You will have to wait until the WebUSB support lands in Safari.

Other browser engines are allowed in EU now.

I am not sure what are you trying to say with this comment. AFAIK there is not a single browser on iOS that is not webkit. Even in EU all browsers are reskinned safari.

Also even if somebody build browser engine for alt store then the support of WebUSB (which for sure needs support from OS) would require Apple involvement.

Re: Fujifilm X RAW STUDIO webapp clone

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post #32

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I don't really see "SH" being used instead of "sh". JPG and JPEG get the uppercase treatment because it is actually an initialism (Joint Photographic Experts Group) unlike "raw".

Some are more used than others, and indeed, JPEG is an initialism. My point is the uppercase treatment doesn't depend on initialism, i.e. RAW doesn't have to stand for something to be capitalized because uppercasing file extensions is just a thing that happens.

“RAW file” makes sense when it’s an actual RAW file. However, raws come in a wide variety of other formats, too. DNG, NEF, X3F, RAF, just to name a few—all of these contain raw image data of some shape or form[0].

This project happens to be dealing not with RAW files, but with RAF files. (Even if it was indeed dealing with RAW files, there would still be a distinction between RAW as a file format and raw photos as a general concept, but we can safely sidestep that can of worms for now.)

[0] In fact, there isn’t even a precise definition or shared spec as to what constitutes a raw photo—it could be literally anything from debayered/denoised/prettified image to straight up sensor number dump in whatever way firmware feels like—which makes capitalising raw, as if it’s a specific thing, doubly silly when you’re not talking about a specific format.

Re: Fujifilm X RAW STUDIO webapp clone

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I appreciate the breakdown. But practically speaking, does it really matter? The goal of language is to communicate, and in this case we all understand what the author is referring to when they reference "RAW". It's like chastisting someone for saying "Band-Aid" instead of "bandage". One refers to a specific company that makes small adhesive bandages and the other is the thing itself. But we all understand what you m…

I would not chastise anyone for saying anything, especially in a casual setting, but I will point out a misspelling in written documentatation. “Band-aid” or even “bondage” is fine, as long as you’re understood, but would you be happy to see that written in some medical guidelines? Would you feel confident that whoever wrote it even knows what they are talking about?

Sure, except this is just photography. Not exactly life and death.

Re: Fujifilm X RAW STUDIO webapp clone

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post #64

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I would not chastise anyone for saying anything, especially in a casual setting, but I will point out a misspelling in written documentatation. “Band-aid” or even “bondage” is fine, as long as you’re understood, but would you be happy to see that written in some medical guidelines? Would you feel confident that whoever wrote it even knows what they are talking about?

Sure, except this is just photography. Not exactly life and death.

1. Photography is critical in many life or death activities like murder investigations.

2. I take it you would be fine if software official documentation for spelled JSON as “jeyson” or something equally random.

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