Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Christopher Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be nice if the proposal could keep in mind that the file plug-ins are out-of-process. Thus it will be very difficult to implement anything that tries to combine user interface elements of the core (the file-chooser) and the plug-in.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, actually the idea is that Save saves as XFC because that's the only format that keeps all the information. Everything else is Export. If you want to propose how the Export functionality should be implemented, feel free to discuss it here. But please make sure that the results are put on the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Thorsten Wilms [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's the option to put double-left-click on one of the buttons. If you do that, you can't have both MMB and RMB also available. If you don't, all is fine with panning. Space switches to the move tool here. I have suggested multiple times

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the case of the warning popups when saving, why show them at all? Of course it needs to flatten layers when saving to JPEG; why not just do it without asking me every time? It's not like I have an option to save without flattening; all I can do is

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Frédéric van der Essen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - Gimp's worst popups: * if i must save a .png over an existing one there is no less than 5 popups... with the most useless warning .png can't export layers, are you sure .? The content of these 5 popups can fit in the first one, or

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Alexander Rabtchevich
One pop-up from the list can be (in theory) made as a warning or replaced as a check-box in the save dialog - the query to flatten layers before saving to format like jpg. Is it possible to show several dialogs (not modal) at once, closing one of which (final) - save or cancel - will close

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 4/3/06, Thorsten Wilms wrote: #5 How do i pan with a graphical tablet ? (no RMB/MMB ?) If you don't waste one of the buttons for double-click, you can have them all. Double-clicking with the pen only needs a little getting used to it, but after a short while it feels natural and is

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 01:14:07PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: I might have lost track. One of my tablet's pen buttons (I own Graphire3) does exactly panning in GIMP/Inkscape/etc. If one has a tablet without buttons on a pen, he can press Space on his keyboard and go panning. So, what

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 01:48:18PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: There's the option to put double-left-click on one of the buttons. If you do that, you can't have both MMB and RMB also available. If you don't, all is fine with panning. So it this considered GIMP's fault or tablet's

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-03 Thread Akkana Peck
Sven Neumann writes: And how do you reenable a popup that you have asked to suppress? I think that we should try to avoid popups but simply not showing them is not an option. If we can get away without showing the dialog, why do we show it at all then? In the case of the warning popups when

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-02 Thread Michael Schumacher
Frédéric van der Essen wrote: -Fred --- Which versions of GIMP does this persona use? Michael -- The GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org |

Re: [Gimp-developer] Comments on gimp's interface

2006-04-02 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 12:17:45AM +0200, Fr?d?ric van der Essen wrote: [ ---snipped a nice bio and other good to read things ] - Gimp's worst popups: i can talk about these * if i must save a .png over an existing one there is no less than 5 popups... with the most useless