[Gimp-developer] LGM: top-10 feature requests...

2007-04-13 Thread peter sikking 
Guys and gals,

For our presentation at the LGM meeting we would like to show some
results from our UI redesign projects.

To keep it interesting for the GIMP crew and the users in the audience,
I would like to centre this around the top-10 most requested features
in GIMP. You know the ones that make your eyes roll when they get
posted here or in bugzilla, again, and again, and again.

Of course I am looking for the ones that are UI related, so 16-bit color
is not interesting, but adjustment layers is.

Please help us to make this list by suggesting these top-10 bugs.

Please, please, please do not take this as an invitation to post
new requests you just made up in this thread, or to discuss the merit
or solutions for any of them. Please, please, please don't.

Just post the three-word descriptions of these requests that you have
seen a thousand times, and make your toes curl or your blood boil when
you see them.

Thanks for your help,

 --ps

 principal user interaction architect
 man + machine interface works

 http://mmiworks.net/blog : on interaction architecture



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Re: [Gimp-developer] LGM: top-10 feature requests...

2007-04-13 Thread William Skaggs 


From: peter sikking [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Guys and gals,

For our presentation at the LGM meeting we would like to show some
results from our UI redesign projects. [...] Please help us to make 
this list by suggesting these top-10 bugs.

Here are 11 I have seen requested multiple times, and this is not
exhaustive.

). Single-window interface.  (This is by far the most often-requested
   feature.)

). More control over window/dialog organization.

). Color management.

). Better painting tools.

). Better support for metadata.

). Different menu organization.

). Layer effects.

). Save for web.

). Ability to organize/categorize resources such as brushes, 
   gradients, palettes etc.

). Better printing support.

). Better tablet support.

  -- Bill
 

 
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Re: [Gimp-developer] LGM: top-10 feature requests...

2007-04-13 Thread Raphaël Quinet 
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:47:30 +0200, peter sikking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 To keep it interesting for the GIMP crew and the users in the audience,
 I would like to centre this around the top-10 most requested features
 in GIMP. You know the ones that make your eyes roll when they get
 posted here or in bugzilla, again, and again, and again.
 
 Of course I am looking for the ones that are UI related, so 16-bit color
 is not interesting, but adjustment layers is.
 
 Please help us to make this list by suggesting these top-10 bugs.

Well, this is not exactly a top-10 list because some of them have
sub-cases, but hopefully you can get something out of this list.  I
tried to order this with the most important first.

1) (by far) Single window interface, a.k.a. MDI.
   Note that there are two cases (Window-in-window MDI and Tabbed MDI)
   that are probably mutually exclusive.  Each option has its advantages
   and drawbacks, and each has its supporters who usually reject the
   other proposal:
   1a) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7379
   1b) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121087

2) Adjustment layers
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79025

3) Layer trees or layer groups
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86337

4) Avoid popup dialogs for tools, file plug-ins, etc.
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85579
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319963

5) Organize brushes, palettes, gradients... in categories
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119874
   ...and make it possible to delete or hide the default ones
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118742

6) Save for web
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98017

7) Better printing support
   (colors, one image on multiple pages, multiple images per page, ...)

8) Improvements to the text tool
   8a) Support for multiple styles (font, size, color, ...)
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122706
   8b) Applying transformations on text
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125144
   8c) Text along path
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169616
   8d) Adjustable letter spacing
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331952

9) Painting with natural brushes / simulate natural media
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65118

I probably forgot some, but I suppose that you will get several
lists so you can have fun merging them.  Note that I did not list
several frequently requested features that have only a minor
impact on the user interface, such as support for 16-bit colors
(as you mentioned), support for spot colors, better color profiles,
better metadata support, etc.

-Raphaël


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