yep - we have here 2 separated points
Vista
GIMP
Vista - it's a problem for Microsoft too not only for users - maybe
for a simple user (mails, internet, office programs) Vista is just
perfect, but when you have to use Vista for more serious tasks, many
peoples feels like you -> Vista = problems where XP was OK. Especially
with graphic drivers Vista count a lot of holes - ask gamers...
So is not a GIMP problem. GIMP use GTK (for windows) which should work
OK with Vista. Anyway this is not a GIMP problem. I revert my second
OS back to XP too (first is Ubuntu).
About GIMP 2.7 - I put GIMP 2.7 for windows on a web space - you can
download and try it from here :
http://www.lady-anion.com/gimp-2.7.0-i686-setup.exe
Because is a development release - in Windows, the text tool (yep
there are a direct text tool as in Photoshop) can crash your GIMP so
be aware.
2009/9/7 David G. :
> To SorinN: I use Windows (Vista 64 bit and XP) and I only have Gimp 2.6.7 so
> far which is the one that is available for Windows now, if Gimp 2.7 creates a
> single entry in the taskbar and all the Windows minimize when you minimize one
> that's great for me, the multiple windows thing and being able to put them
> anywhere you want doesn't bother me, like I said it's just that I think that a
> single entry in the task bar becomes much easier to manage in a multi
> application workflow. Again if Gimp 2.7 fixes this that will be great.
>
> In another Gimp related issue, in mi new Windows Vista machine Gimp 2.6.7
> crashes the graphic card driver a lot when I activate a selection markee. When
> I activate a selection markee the graphics driver starts to have problems and
> starts to flicker and shortly after that the Nvidia cards reports to me that
> the graphics system has crashed and that it has been recovered. Luckily this
> recovery system seems to be pretty solid in my graphics card system otherwise
> I would have a lot of Vista crashes because of this. I Have Windows Vista
> Ultimate 64 Bit running in a Intel core i7 CPU and two Evga 260 GTX graphic
> cards running in SLI mode with 12 gigas of DDR3 memory, when I first installed
> Gimp in this machine it crashed a lot when I tried to use color correction
> tools like Brighness and Contrast adjustments, as soon as I tried to use one
> of those Gimp crashed but when it was updated to version 2.6.7 that was
> totally fixed (that bug was giving a lot of people problems cause I found out
> online) but I still have the selection markee issue that makes the graphic
> system unstable quickly, any ideas about what could be causing this? In my XP
> machines it works just fine.
>
>>"I personally, deffinitely prefer the Gimp being a program that always
> shows
>>as a single entry in the taskbar that's really my main concern, it's just
>>easier to manage single entry programs with a multiple applications
> workflow."
>>
>>
>>But GIMP 2.7 solve that. Maybe you don't use 2.7. A single entry in
>>taskbar and when the canvas window is minimized all other utility
>>windows are minimized too.
>>
>>
>>2009/9/6 Ramon Miranda :
>>> David G said
always opened like this and Gimp already has the ability to save it's
layout too. Photoshop allowed this
perfectly and still was a single window program.
>>>
>>> i would like to have also the ability so save my workspace and change
>>> "inside" the gimp from. for example. paint workspace to a "photoretouch"
>>> space . instead having different sessionrc and quiting gimp to change the
>>> workspace. i hope you will understand me.
>>>
>>> 2009/9/6 David G.
>I like modular structures becouse they allows more custom changes. So
> this
>way you can change your layout of panels. But if all it would be in a
single
>window , ithink lot of users would thanks that. becouse i hear a
> lot..."
>Gimp is nice , but his gui is ugly and uncomfortable.i don?t like to
> see
> a
>lot of panels flying through my desktop"
>
>Lets give it a try to a single window mode
>
>2009/9/5 Martin Nordholts
>
>> On 09/05/2009 06:22 PM, Richard Nespithal wrote:
>> >> A single-window mode would also turn 2.8 into a remarkable release
>> > is it possible, to switch back to multi-window mode in 2.8?
>>
>> That is not really relevant to this thread.
>> (But yes of course it will be possible.)
>>
>> / Martin
>>
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>
>
I don't know why people mention so much that if you create a single
window
Gimp that that it will not allow you to put your tools in a second
> monitor
because I used Photoshop also many times and despite it being a single
>>>
