BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 3169363" data-attributes="member: 56622">OK, I can mostly agree with this and is the sort of answer I was driving toward getting with regard to my last post.However, once the elements from the first quoted paragraph are specified, it is still a Scmidt-Pechan, an Abbe Koening, or a porro.  So is specifying the elements actually design, or is it just specifying the elements in the established design?  Seems there is (or at least could be) a difference to me.  If specifying the elements is the generally accepted criteria for design, that is more than OK with me. I agree that my dream house may well seem ill specified to some and it got botched with poor design and QC.  An analogy is never perfect. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>