Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-09-02 Thread Sven Neumann
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 12:22 +0200, yahvuu wrote: > after some more thinking, here's my take for 2.8: > > > File->New... > File->Acquire->Scan from Device xy... > Scan from Device yz... > > Nice extra: if there's only one device connected, the whole 'File->Acquire' > submenu > c

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-09-01 Thread yahvuu
Hi, after some more thinking, here's my take for 2.8: File->New... File->Acquire->Scan from Device xy... Scan from Device yz... Nice extra: if there's only one device connected, the whole 'File->Acquire' submenu can be replaced by 'File->Aquire Scan from Device xy...'. That sho

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-27 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 08/27/2010 04:08 PM, yahvuu wrote: > On 27.08.2010 08:47, Martin Nordholts wrote: >> * We can remove File->Create altogether in GIMP 3.0. IMO none of the >> things there fits our product vision. The ones that do should be >> under Filter and not create a new image > > For 3.0, i think we also ca

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-27 Thread yahvuu
On 27.08.2010 08:47, Martin Nordholts wrote: > * We can remove File->Create altogether in GIMP 3.0. IMO none of the > things there fits our product vision. The ones that do should be > under Filter and not create a new image For 3.0, i think we also can dispose 'New from Clipboard' and mov

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 08/25/2010 08:55 PM, Sven Neumann wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:39 -0300, Luiz Felipe Moraes Pereira wrote: >> I agree with you, also the other stuff related to creation(button, etc) >> should go somewhere else in gimp. > > "somewhere else" is not a very intuitive place either. We've had a >

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Jason Simanek
I personally think File > Import > Scan or File > Import from Device > Scanner would make the most sense. 'Acquire' isn't really a common word that I hear being used in association with images, graphics, typesetting, etc. Not in the U.S.A. anyway (for the U.S. perspective on word choice, if any

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Sven Neumann wrote: > "somewhere else" is not a very intuitive place either. We've had a > longer discussion when these items were moved to File->Create and no one > came up with a better solution. I find the 'Create' label non-obvious as well. It makes sense fo

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 20:55 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > [...] > . So unless someone comes up with a very > good idea this time, things will stay as they are. I complained when we had two File->New menu items, and it did get changed, but really I still think there should only be one menu. The op

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-25 Thread Sven Neumann
On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 23:23 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > newbies who are using GIMP are always asking where is the scanner > support. > why? because they can't find it. Most probably they ask this because you need to install a third-party plug-in in order to have scanner access from within GIMP.

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-25 Thread Sven Neumann
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 13:39 -0300, Luiz Felipe Moraes Pereira wrote: > I agree with you, also the other stuff related to creation(button, etc) > should go somewhere else in gimp. "somewhere else" is not a very intuitive place either. We've had a longer discussion when these items were moved to Fi

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File->Acquire

2010-08-25 Thread Luiz Felipe Moraes Pereira
I agree with you, also the other stuff related to creation(button, etc) should go somewhere else in gimp. I too didnĀ“t even know gimp had scanner support ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.E