BW Develop/Print/Scan

[Klainmeister]

I think both of the aforementioned ideas are great and would be valuable for APUG. Maybe we can test something like that soon?

[Monito]

http://www.dpug.org/forums/f2/welcom...html#post17080

"Scanning is still off topic at APUG."

[Monito]

Why is DPUG called Digital if it is Hybrid? Calling it "Digital" just gets it lost in all the other digital forums. Perhaps that is the reason it is a desert there. If what makes DPUG distinctive is the Hybrid aspect, why would it not be called Hybrid? Are there more Hybrid competitors than Digital? Surely not.

I looked over there to see if there was a thread explaining the name change and could find none. I googled (on Google) for a page explaining this and couldn't find one.

[Tim Gray]

Monito - It used to be called Hybrid Photo. It got renamed because, as I understand, it was part of the revamping to make it a more lively site.

[Monito]

Monito - It used to be called Hybrid Photo. It got renamed because, as I understand, it was part of the revamping to make it a more lively site.

Thanks. I can understand revamping: both APUG and DPUG have gorgeous interfaces that beat almost all forums. I can't call to mind one that has a better interface.

However, the name change still makes no sense. Giving it a misleading name that gets lost in an extremely competitive field doesn't make it more lively.

[Tim Gray]

I don't call the shots. Clearly

[jnanian]

monito

this thread explains the name change &c
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum38/8...-dpug-org.html

[Monito]

Thanks, jnanian. The only thing I can extract from that is that the name change seeks to "expand the scope" beyond a tiny niche. Good luck. I think the niche is far less tiny than thought, far larger, when you consider scanning.

[Aristophanes]

Monito - It used to be called Hybrid Photo. It got renamed because, as I understand, it was part of the revamping to make it a more lively site.

I don't think anyone but APUG users refer to it as hybrid. It's a term I've never heard a pro lab use and not even lomo types use it.

The reason it becomes contentious is because APUG tries to put a Berlin Wall around such discussions instead of owning outright the scanning issue as a sub-forum as has been suggested already.

[Tim Gray]

I mean DPUG used to be called Hybrid Photo or something. It was hybridphoto.com.