Maurizio, I have no hair left, my beard is white š š» , and Iām not trying to discourage youāsome people are more sensitive than I, or apparently you, for that matter. :-)
You too, Ross Fellow Emeritus, John Adams Society āObnoxious, disliked, and always first in line to be hanged." > On Oct 22, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Maurizio Paglia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ross, my hair are almost white, I am sorry but you need a bigger effort in > order to discourage me š > Have a nice evening. > Maurizio > > Il 22 ott 2017 19:36, "Ross Martinek" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> ha scritto: > Alex, > > I said I was an old curmudgeon. ;^] Itās only my opinion, based on my > experience, not wisdom from on high, and while strongly held, Iāve no > objection to being shown Iām in error, or that my conclusions arenāt > supported by your or othersā data (as you did.) > > If you are talking about my comments on documentation, I really do identify > and sympathize with those creating this delightful tool: writing > documentation of something one understands thoroughly is very difficult, in > part because of the very expertise needed to do so. It often feels as if one > is stating the blatantly obvious, over and over again. I have all too much > experience with that, and the other frustrations inherent in the process. > > I did not intend to denigrate the free, online documentation that exists, > only to say that it could be better. If developers are going to work on > something besides development, I think that is a better use of time. By > comparison with other, similar, open source programs, GIMPās is better than > many, if not most. It gets one off to a good start. > > I hesitated to mention a commercial product which actually does a good job of > documentation. I have found The Book of GIMP, by LeCarme and Delvare to be an > invaluable resource in learning GIMP. Itās expensive, but the software is > free, and the book costs far less than most graphics programs (or at least it > did when I bought it.) (Shameless plug, and no, I donāt get anything for it.) > > As for marketing, if that is a concern, the way Literature and Latte markets > their products might be worth a look. Scrivener, their writing app, is > phenomenal. It isnāt free, like GIMP, but it is very affordable. Would I pay > the price of Scrivener for GIMP? As my physics prof was fond of saying, > āThatās not only obvious, itās an obvious, obvious.ā > > And Maurizio, I also appreciate your enthusiasm. I just think itās slightly > misplaced. Donāt let my stentorian objections discourage you. > > Ross > > > > On Oct 22, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Ross Martinek wrote: > > > >> While there may be some PS features > >> not available (yet?) in GIMP, the only advantage of PS I see is its > >> documentation. > > > > Ross, I appreciate your loyalty to the project, but you aren't making > > any friends right now :))) > > > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-user-list mailing list > > List address: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list> > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list> > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list> > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list> _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
