On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 22:14 +0000, Jeffery Small wrote: > Liam R E Quin <l...@holoweb.net> writes: [...] > I will take you up on your offer to make a constructive GUI suggestion. > > I fully understand the arguments for the workflow change that was made to > GIMP 2.8. What I think was lost in the process was a recognition that there > are two different primary workflows for two different groups of users.
I think there are probably many different kinds of user in many different environments. The GIMP team chose to focus on one such group. The file export spec isn't yet fully implemented, especially with respect to directories (folders). The "unsaved changes" dialogue replaces an earlier dialogue, saving as jpeg can cause data loss" so there are no extra mouse clicks. Technically, one of the difficulties with implementing an "old behaviour" checkbox may be the way that file saving is done through plugins, and the need to preserve ABI compatibility, but I'm not certain. It's true, I think, that the GIMP developers have a history of getting more stubborn the more people complain :-) (that's why it's still called GIMP even though that's generally a rude or derogatory term in much of the English-speaking world). But it's also true that they do this for fun, because they enjoy doing it. Now, working from "given the distinction between save/export that is part of the GIMP (re)design, how do we make life a little easier for people who are using GIMP to modify a JPEG or PNG image in place" (something I do on a daily basis professionally by the way), I think there's mileage in such a conversation. But it's not about developers ignoring users, and that sort of framing almost guarantees a failed discussion. "I hate you, now give me what I want" works with cats because they are cute :-) For my own part I *would* like to see GIMP take on the idea of a project, with per-project resources and settings, and the ability to have multiple projects active at the same time, each with its own window or windows. But I'd also like to see gimp 2.10 (or whatever) released, with more than 8-bit depth support. The GIMP programmer team isn't very large, varying over the last few years between about 1.5 full-time-equivalent at its lowest up to maybe 4 or 5 for brief periods, and those people have varied from students (with or without shoes) to experienced GIMP developers wit not much time but willing to work on fixing a bug or some other thing that interests them or that they happened to need. So GIMP can't be all things to all people. Hope this helps a little. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list