Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 For what it's worth, I do not have any problem with nice, but out of
 date, screenshots being on www.gimp.org - for example, we had a lot
 of screenshots from the 1.1 series on www.gimp.org before the
 migration. In fact, devel screenshots are a great way to get people
 building the HEAD.

 I don't know when it became policy to only have screenshot from
 stable versions on wgo - but I'm against that policy.

We discussed this before doing switching to the new web-site. IMO it
is essential that tutorials and screenshots on www.gimp.org
consistently show the current stable version since that's what the
site is all about.

The screenshot section on developer.gimp.org exists exactly for the
purpose of getting people to build the HEAD branch. IMHO the
screenshot section on www.gimp.org should have a link to the
development screenshots but it should show the stable version only.


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Thus far, no-one on the web team has said anything about the
 matter. It would be nice if someone would say sure, send screenshots
 to me. I don't feel comfortable changing anything in the gimp-web
 module any more.

Well, I am afraid that it won't work that way. If you or me feel that
the screenshots on www.gimp.org need work, then it's up to you or me
to do something about it. It doesn't make sense to point the finger at
the gimp-web team and wait for something to happen. Or worse,
repeatedly asking for things to be done. If the web-site concerns you,
then you should be willing to touch it. If you aren't willing to do
any changes to gimp-web CVS module, then you should IMO refrain from
asking for changes.  Doing so only shows disrespect for the people
working on the site.


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I disagree. I think that www.gimp.org is a site for GIMP users, and
 that includes bleeding edge users. developer.gimp.org is a site for
 GIMP developers, at least that was my understanding of the motivation
 behind it.

Well, that was not at all the motivation behind it. developer.gimp.org
is meant to be a site that gives insight into GIMP development.  It's
supposed to have roadmaps, feature lists and screenshots from the
development version. That's information that is certainly interesting
to GIMP users.

If there's disagreement about this information being kept on a
separate site, then we should probably merge the two. I don't want
developer.gimp.org to be a site for developers only. The idea was to
have a site that people check to get an update on the state and
direction of GIMP development. Of course the idea is to turn more
people into GIMP developers but for that to work, the site needs to
be interesting for non-developers also.


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Dave Neary
Sven Neumann wrote:

Hi,

Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


For what it's worth, I do not have any problem with nice, but out of
date, screenshots being on www.gimp.org - for example, we had a lot
of screenshots from the 1.1 series on www.gimp.org before the
migration. In fact, devel screenshots are a great way to get people
building the HEAD.
I don't know when it became policy to only have screenshot from
stable versions on wgo - but I'm against that policy.


We discussed this before doing switching to the new web-site. IMO it
is essential that tutorials and screenshots on www.gimp.org
consistently show the current stable version since that's what the
site is all about.
I disagree. I think that www.gimp.org is a site for GIMP users, and that 
includes bleeding edge users. developer.gimp.org is a site for GIMP developers, 
at least that was my understanding of the motivation behind it.

The screenshot section on developer.gimp.org exists exactly for the
purpose of getting people to build the HEAD branch. IMHO the
screenshot section on www.gimp.org should have a link to the
development screenshots but it should show the stable version only.
If I'm correct above, what you are saying is that the HEAD branch is only for 
developers, which I disagree with. If this isn't what you're saying then I 
misunderstood the reason for the creation of dgo.

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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Branko Collin
On 5 May 2004, at 13:08, Sven Neumann wrote:

 has there been any progress with respect to screenshots? Now that GIMP
 HEAD starts to actually look differently and gets new features, I'd
 really like to replace the screenshots on developer.gimp.org with new
 ones to get people interested in the current development. So please,
 grab whatever screenshots you like from developer.gimp.org and put
 them up at www.gimp.org. I will move them all to the Attic very soon
 now.

I have had to work on a rush job till four in the morning, so I 
haven't been able to make new screenshots yet. Will get to it ASAP. 

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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Dave Neary
Hi,

Sven Neumann wrote:
Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thus far, no-one on the web team has said anything about the
matter. It would be nice if someone would say sure, send screenshots
to me. I don't feel comfortable changing anything in the gimp-web
module any more.
Well, I am afraid that it won't work that way. If you or me feel that
the screenshots on www.gimp.org need work, then it's up to you or me
to do something about it.
It was made very clear to me that my help wasn't wanted with the website. In 
those conditions, I'm not going to put myself out. There are plenty of things 
for me to do besides.

That's not going to stop me making comments on where I think things could be 
improved though. We don't turn away bug reports without patches - opening a bug 
report is helping already. Likewise, if the screenshots section of the site 
needs work, I'm not going to think to myself better not say that the 
screenshots section of the site needs work because I'm not welcome on the web team.

If the web-site concerns you,
then you should be willing to touch it. If you aren't willing to do
any changes to gimp-web CVS module, then you should IMO refrain from
asking for changes.  Doing so only shows disrespect for the people
working on the site.
Does asking for changes to be made to the GIMP show disrespect for mitch or 
yourself or any of the other people working on the GIMP? I really don't follow 
this point.

I'll repeat it - I'm happy to help out occasionally on the website. I have lots 
of other things to do, though, so if I'm not welcome, I'm not going to do 
anything. In any case, I don't think that I would be able to provide very good 
screenshots. However, I'm sure there are lots of power users out there who would 
love to, and currently they don't have anyone to send screenies to.

Cheers,
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-05 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi,

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 14:19, Sven Neumann wrote:
 Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  I disagree. I think that www.gimp.org is a site for GIMP users, and
  that includes bleeding edge users. developer.gimp.org is a site for
  GIMP developers, at least that was my understanding of the motivation
  behind it.
 
 Well, that was not at all the motivation behind it. developer.gimp.org
 is meant to be a site that gives insight into GIMP development.  It's
 supposed to have roadmaps, feature lists and screenshots from the
 development version. That's information that is certainly interesting
 to GIMP users.

I fully agree with this. I'd like to be able to invest more time in
getting dgo in better shape than I already have but being in the middle
of my exams I really have a hard time finding enough time to even read
these mailing lists.

Anyways, the developer.gimp.org site is in GNOME CVS in gimp-web-devel
module and as with the GIMP itself patches are most welcome.

 If there's disagreement about this information being kept on a
 separate site, then we should probably merge the two. I don't want
 developer.gimp.org to be a site for developers only. The idea was to
 have a site that people check to get an update on the state and
 direction of GIMP development. Of course the idea is to turn more
 people into GIMP developers but for that to work, the site needs to
 be interesting for non-developers also.

I've started a Developer FAQ and made the framework for adding articles
about GIMPCon, plug-in development etc. Simon has been very kind to give
his permission to include his paper on Script-Fu and plug-ins for The
GIMP on the site - but I haven't had the time to convert it yet.

Merging the two sites, wgo and dgo, would only clutter up the menu and
thus make the site very hard to navigate for new comers. I think that
wgo should continue to contain stuff for users such as tutorials,
downloads, HOWTOs etc. Let's keep all the interesting^Hdevelopers stuff
on dgo.

Regards,
Brix
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-04 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Sven

Sven Neumann wrote:
David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was just looking for some nice looking screenshots to show off
on the GUADEC GIMP pages, and the best ones are all on
developer.gimp.org
The problem with the screenshots on dgo is that they are screenshots
of the 1.3.x development version. Most of them clearly don't look like
2.0. It shouldn't be too difficult to redo these shots with an
uptodate version. I am sure people will happily donate their
screenshots.
Not so clearly to me... I avoided using the text tool screenshot, since that 
changed quite a bit before the 2.0 release, but the macos and SVG screenshots 
are both close enough to 2.0 to make no difference.

Also the brush preview screenshot is cool, and hasn't changed since.

If people do update the dgo screenshots, where should they send them? brix or 
yourself?

Cheers,
Dave.
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-04 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  The problem with the screenshots on dgo is that they are screenshots
  of the 1.3.x development version. Most of them clearly don't look like
  2.0. It shouldn't be too difficult to redo these shots with an
  uptodate version. I am sure people will happily donate their
  screenshots.
 
 Not so clearly to me... I avoided using the text tool screenshot,
 since that changed quite a bit before the 2.0 release, but the macos
 and SVG screenshots are both close enough to 2.0 to make no difference.

The MacOS X screenshot shows the toolbar with the color correction
tools and the newer MacOS X screenshot on wgo is nicer anyway.
 
 Also the brush preview screenshot is cool, and hasn't changed since.

Please feel free to move it to wgo then.
 
 If people do update the dgo screenshots, where should they send them?
 brix or yourself?

You misunderstood me. There's no intention to update the screenshots
on dgo. Instead I suggest that more screenshots are added to
http://gimp.org/screenshots/. So the screenshots should probably send
to the gimp-web team or attached to bug reports against gimp-web.


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-04 Thread Branko Collin
On 4 May 2004, at 0:01, David Neary wrote:

 I was just looking for some nice looking screenshots to show off
 on the GUADEC GIMP pages, and the best ones are all on
 developer.gimp.org
 
 It would be really cool to have lots  lots of screenshots of the GIMP
 on www.gimp.org. Could someone from the web team take responsibility
 for this and publish an e-mail address where screenshots can be sent
 to be included on the site, please?
 
 In the meantime, I will link to screenshots on dgo.
 
 The current content to go on guadec (which will also probably end up
 on dgo when the dust settles) is here (as usual, all corrections 
 comments are welcome, that's what wikis are for):
 http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/GimpCon2004

I like the DGO screenshots better, too, because they adhere to my 
Grand Theory of Screenshots more closely: they show GIMP in actual 
use. (Other laws in my GToS are: screenshots should be rendered 
against a neutral background, with standard widgets, small enough of 
for use on small devices, with only those dialogs being shown that 
are relevant to the function being shown, and of the current version 
of the program being showcased.)

If you want them, I could make a couple of screenshots.

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Re: [Gimp-developer] Screenshots

2004-05-03 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I was just looking for some nice looking screenshots to show off
 on the GUADEC GIMP pages, and the best ones are all on
 developer.gimp.org

The problem with the screenshots on dgo is that they are screenshots
of the 1.3.x development version. Most of them clearly don't look like
2.0. It shouldn't be too difficult to redo these shots with an
uptodate version. I am sure people will happily donate their
screenshots.

 It would be really cool to have lots  lots of screenshots of the
 GIMP on www.gimp.org. Could someone from the web team take
 responsibility for this and publish an e-mail address where
 screenshots can be sent to be included on the site, please?
 
 In the meantime, I will link to screenshots on dgo.

I'd like to remove the dgo screenshots sooner or later and replace
them with screenshots of the CVS version. But of course I'll leave
them online until more screenshots are available from www.gimp.org.


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