Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Alexia Death
On Saturday 23 August 2008 01:22:18 you wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 20:22 +0300, Alexia Death wrote: My proposal is basically this: http://a.death.pri.ee/2.6_default_layout_proposal.png IMO the tool-options should definitely be part of the toolbox. My opinion is exactly opposite

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 11:18 +0300, Alexia Death wrote: In my opinion this layout(thin toolbox, one large dock) is preferable to first time users. It has familiarity. They wont feel lost when GIMP loads for the first time. For a new GIMP user it is crucial that the tool-options are

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Alexia Death
On Saturday 23 August 2008 13:19:35 Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 11:18 +0300, Alexia Death wrote: In my opinion this layout(thin toolbox, one large dock) is preferable to first time users. It has familiarity. They wont feel lost when GIMP loads for the first time. For a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Guillermo Espertino
If you check this list's log you'll learn that the layout you suggest has already been proposed about a year ago. I know because I did it. Later I proposed that layout again in my brainstorm entry about the no-image-open dialog. I used that layout for several months, but I changed my mind. And

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread gg
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:29:40 +0200, Alexia Death [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and third, a bit of familiarity for the first time users(separate, 2 line toolbox) can not hurt. -- Hi, that's the second time you propose familiarity for a first time user. How can a first time user be familiar

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Alexia Death
On Saturday 23 August 2008 22:51:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's the second time you propose familiarity for a first time user.   How can a first time user be familiar with anything? Or is this another   Gimp should look and behave like Photoshop proposal? No it should not look like

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 16:44 -0300, Guillermo Espertino wrote: They tell us that this layout is better for new users, but every new user I know (mostly when they come from windows) the first thing they do is closing the right docker (trying to close the program). And they loose it forever

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 22:29 +0300, Alexia Death wrote: I think I need to state that my image was not an exactly like this proposal. There are altogether three points it tries to make. First, the image window needs to be incorporated into the default layout. Care to explain how the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Guillermo Espertino
This has been addressed in GIMP 2.5. And the change is even explained in the release notes. Oh, I didn't read that part. Great news. Thanks! ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

[Gimp-developer] scale-region.c

2008-08-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi Geert, I have a small patch to scale-region.c that I would to have your opinion on. I noticed that the current code sometimes does an unneeded copy operation. This happens when the scale factor is 2^n. For example when an image of 800x600 pixels is scaled to 400x300. The function

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp-developer Digest, Vol 71, Issue 24

2008-08-23 Thread Anke Lange
Well, the thing I like most on Gimp is that you can squasch and squeeze it the way you want. I teach classes for adults how to use Gimp. And the first thing my pupils do is to learn how to insert new dialogs and how to optimize the toolbox. I work with a beamer in my classes and most of them

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Patrick Horgan
Alexia Death wrote: On Saturday 23 August 2008 22:51:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that's the second time you propose "familiarity" for a first time user. How can a first time user be familiar with anything? Or is this another "Gimp should look and behave like Photoshop" proposal?

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal new default layout starting 2.6

2008-08-23 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 20:22 +0300, Alexia Death wrote: [...] My proposal is basically this: http://a.death.pri.ee/2.6_default_layout_proposal.png I think there's some good here, although I also think changes here might be better targeted at 2.8. I like the Z-brush and RawTherappee style of