Re: Gradients in PHP & GD

Joshua Alexander wrote:

"It seems pretty straightforward to me." is more responsible than "It's pretty straightforward." Nice time to be changing your story ;)

Please check my original message. I said "I think it's pretty straightforward". That implies subjectivity.

Anyway, thank you for your input on this thread. THAT was really helpful.

It didn't seem straightforward to the original writer, or else why the question... I think a more helpful response at that point is to ask questions, rather than suggest that the person simply "write it".

The typical answer I expected was something along the lines of "it's not very straightforward because I need alpha matting/color calibration/this strange type of gradient/a gradient according to the absolute color of the sky above the cloud limit in the geographical location of the person who reaches my page" or whatever the problem WHICH MADE THIS NON-TRIVIAL. A gradient in the most generic form is pretty trivial (i.e. straightforward) to render on anybody's standards, AFAIK.

There seems to be some hostility and impatience here toward new users who aren't as familiar with how to ask for help. If this exchange prompts anyone to examine themselves and respond (or ask) in more gentle ways, I think my input will have definitely been helpful.

Well, I'm deeply moved by your concern - I don't think I was either hostile or impatient however - I was just stating the obvious and implying a question (why isn't it straightforward). And just for the record, I didn't even assume Mr. Matilla was a new user. Bogdan