Re: [Gimp-developer] RGB vs RGBA - why Add Alpha Channel?

[Jens Lautenbacher]

Seth Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Well, I strongly dislike having an eraser tool that
> behaves differently based on a property of an image
> you can't even see.  It really stinks.
> 
> What I'd prefer to see is a "replace color" paint tool
> that can handle bgs or any other layer the way eraser
> works now on a bg layer.
> 
> Keeping the user experience the same between versions
> is not a good thing when the user experience sucks.
> 
> Seth  

I second this. We have too long stayed with this behaviour. I doubt
that there a too many people using gimp for (and _only_ for) one layer
images. If I once grokked the idea of layers, the current behaviour as
it is strikes me as unintuitive even when working on single layer
images.

        jtl
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