Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-19 Thread Cristian Secară
În data de Sat, 19 May 2012 00:18:56 +0300, Ville Pätsi a scris: The Windows Inkscape version uses Windows native file open and save dialog, so some solution appears to exists already. It does use it, but that doesn't mean it works. Save as and export bitmap default to empty file names,

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-19 Thread Richard Gitschlag
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 00:18:56 +0300 From: d...@shadowdrama.net To: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails On 2012-05-18 23:45, Cristian Secară wrote: The Windows Inkscape version uses Windows native file

[Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Ryan Johnson
I've been using GIMP to play around with some lighting, color, and GEGL operations on images. What I've noticed is that the Open file dialog is very poorly constructed and it has become a problem. I'm using Win7 x64. Nicely put, it's unintuitive. These are suggested fixes, and you can choose more

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Ryan Johnson wrote: 3. Use the native Open file dialog. and Bigger Goal: Improve the Open file dialog to include other viewing modes besides a detail list. It's a graphics program after all! Appeal to the senses! are mutually exclusive on Windows. And

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 18.05.2012 09:33, Ryan Johnson wrote: I've been using GIMP to play around with some lighting, color, and GEGL operations on images. What I've noticed is that the Open file dialog is very poorly constructed and it has become a problem. I'm using Win7 x64. Nicely put, it's unintuitive. These

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread gfxuser
Am 18.05.12 09:33, schrieb Ryan Johnson: Hi Ryan, I checked your complaints with GIMP 2.8 with the following results: 1. Raise the file size limit for autogeneration of thumbnails. Many of my JPEGs are just slightly over 3 MB or whatever the small current limit is. Many of my RAW NEF files

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM, gfxuser gfx.u...@online.de wrote: I wouldn't say that. On Windows 7 the native 'open file' dialog contains different views: list, details, symbols in various sizes, tiles. This is exactly what I was referring to. There's no need to sit down and create a patch

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Jon Nordby
On 18 May 2012 11:18, Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM, gfxuser gfx.u...@online.de wrote: I wouldn't say that. On Windows 7 the native 'open file' dialog contains different views: list, details, symbols in various sizes, tiles. This

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Kurt Pruenner
On 18.05.12 10:59, gfxuser wrote: I wouldn't say that. On Windows 7 the native 'open file' dialog contains different views: list, details, symbols in various sizes, tiles. Symbols and tiles contain a preview of every file. IIRC it was similar with Windows XP. I think, that's what the OP

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Kurt Pruenner wrote: But for XCF files that's not very useful as GIMP doesn't come with an XCF IThumbnailProvider, so all XCF files would only show the Wilber file icon at it's highest resolution instead of a preview... :( And that's another task for an

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread gfxuser
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: And that's another task for an interested developer. How about making a publicly available list of platform-specific tasks? From my point of view a good idea. Something to start from: for Mac:

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Jernej Simončič jer...@ena.si wrote: Err, why? I find the Windows dialog boxes infinitely more usable than GTK+'s (especially after the latest improvement with the Recent list). The GTK+ file chooser does seem to be horrible, and I'm not sure why. Here's a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Richard Gitschlag
they tell the whole truth. Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 09:35:32 -0400 From: ccurt...@gmail.com To: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Jernej Simončič jer...@ena.si wrote: Err, why? I

Re: [Gimp-developer] Feature request: Improve the Open file dialog thumbnails

2012-05-18 Thread Cristian Secară
În data de Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:34 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine a scris: are mutually exclusive on Windows. And with the latter request you are telling us to patch the upstream GTK+ dialog. The Windows Inkscape version uses Windows native file open and save dialog, so some solution appears