Re: Fwd: Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Michael Schumacher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I define an alias to make life easier: > > alias gncvs='cd /svn && cvs -z3 -d > :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/gnome ' You do know that you have to do this step only once, don't you? Afterwards it's just cvs up. And the release notes (http://gimp.org/release-notes/gi

Fwd: Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread gg
--- Forwarded message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:23:37 +0200 On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:29:31 +0200, Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone point me to a hint on how to

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Scott
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 11:36:48AM -0700, William Skaggs wrote: > > Scott, thanks for the feedback, although you could try to be a bit less > emotional about it, since this is after all a development version. Sorry, I tend to get emotional over tools like the Gimp that I have known and loved for

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread William Skaggs
From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...lots of stuff...] >I don't know if this is the proper place to post this sort of thing, >but I do hope that you developers will consider listening to some of >us casual users, as the interface has gotten way too overloaded and >user-unfriendly. I seriously am

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Michael Schumacher
Scott wrote: > How can a tool so simple in concept and so frequently used as "crop" > have been bollixed up so badly? By working on it. If you are interested in the progress and want to influence future development, you should try to get GIMP built directly from CVS. Even current 2.3 releases (r

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:32:50AM -0600, Scott wrote: > > Using the 2.2 version, the interface of the crop tool was very handy > for me. Typing Shift-c brings up the tool; a quick move of the mouse > creates a selection area; over to the tool-option menu that > automatically pops up, type in 300

[Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Scott
There have been many posts regarding the Gimp interface here. I consider myself what you refer to as a 'casual user', although I use the Gimp on a daily basis. My primary use is to edit photographs for posting to a website. For historical reasons, the preferred image size of the final product is 3

Re: [Gimp-developer] Specifically simplifying user interaction

2006-10-20 Thread Saul Goode
> Users, noob or otherwise, should not need to RTFM just to use the menu! To > suggest they do means the interface is failing. > No! The interface is not failing. The menu functions perfectly well and most users can determine how to accomplish things without resorting to the manual. What you ar