On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, john smith wrote: > It is funny that you mention Save As/ Export as that was going to be > my next email :) > However, let's not get into that now! > > I have simplified all of the menus including the tools menu. The > filters menu is another item that is not completely controlled by the > XML though. > Ideally I would remove most of them and leave just the most common ones > behind. > > My goal is to have a version that is easy (easier?/clearer?) to use > for people who are just trimming screenshots, cleaning up/rotating > scanned receipts, removing red-eye etc. > > As long as most of the tools have useful defaults and they are named > in an intuitive way, and the interface isn't full of overwhelming > choices that you don't understand, I think it could become more > approachable for new people. > > If this was a preference rather than editing XML people could > gradually progress to more advanced editing.
John, I'm afraid I have to be blunt here :) Please read this: http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/GIMP_UI_Redesign#product_vision You want GIMP to be something else. Moreoover, the use cases you describe have already been covered by existing applications such as Pinta (also free/libre application). It's entirely possible to create a new app that will use GIMP's tech. Case in point: https://debarshiray.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/the-goats-have-strayed-into-gnome/ Or you can try to do what Seashore developer did to the original GIMP's codebase: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/The_Seashore_Project/About.html Either way, you want a different kind of application. Alex
