Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 22:01 +0100, Karine Delvare wrote: I've started to sporadically write something along those lines [2], so if you'd like to join forces we could move this away from my personal dokuwiki space that's hosted on a very unreliable server to somewhere more

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-06 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 14:54 +0100, Karine Delvare wrote: Now that I'm more familiar with parsing Bugzilla and the Changelog, I could build a more public news flow, with much less items and screenshots of the new features. Where would it go? News items in www.gimp.org front page, another feed,

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-06 Thread Karine Delvare
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:31, Jakub Steiner wrote: Hi Karine, I think the release notes are a great way to educate the potential user what GIMP can do. The blender folks do an extremely good job with their release notes, graphically describing new features [1]. I've started to

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Karine Delvare
Michael Schumacher wrote: It would be nice to have more than the NEWS file to tell about new features - an overview with examples, but as anything else this needs a) time and b) someone to do it (volunteers)? Karine Delvare has taken on the responsiblity to provide a more readable news feed

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Ben Walker
Michael Trümmer wrote: What Digg-Users think about The GIMP: http://digg.com/linux_unix/GIMP_is_more_powerful_than_most_people_think_See_complete_tutorials_here You know, it's funny. Discussions about GIMP and it's interface (as compared to PS) so often seem to lead to statements like

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:13 -0500, Ben Walker wrote: There are no settings/plugins in GIMP (to my knowledge) that provide either a reliable MDI interface or a truly usable SDI interface. New settings recently added like transient windows have quirks, and always on top is not a good

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Anthony Ettinger
On 12/5/06, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:13 -0500, Ben Walker wrote: There are no settings/plugins in GIMP (to my knowledge) that provide either a reliable MDI interface or a truly usable SDI interface. New settings recently added like transient

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:38 -0800, Anthony Ettinger wrote: If there was an option in Gimp to dock the windows so that they function as one, that would solve the problem. Ie - bring one to the front, they all come to the front. I don't know about Win32, as I'm on Linux, but that's one

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Ben Walker
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:13 -0500, Ben Walker wrote: There are no settings/plugins in GIMP (to my knowledge) that provide either a reliable MDI interface or a truly usable SDI interface. New settings recently added like transient windows have quirks, and

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 15:37 -0500, Ben Walker wrote: You make a good point. I didn't bring up the topic to complain, but rather to point out that those who think they dislike the SDI interface on Windows might like it if it worked. I think we are well aware of the problem and we would

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Anthony Ettinger
On 12/5/06, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:38 -0800, Anthony Ettinger wrote: If there was an option in Gimp to dock the windows so that they function as one, that would solve the problem. Ie - bring one to the front, they all come to the front. I don't

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Michael Schumacher
Anthony Ettinger wrote: I'm using 2.3.10. How do I dock it to the image window? Anyway, if you want to dock the toolbox and other windows to the image window, go provide a patch then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix), i.e. you'll have to write the code for this first. HTH, Michael

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Anthony Ettinger
On 12/5/06, Michael Schumacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony Ettinger wrote: I'm using 2.3.10. How do I dock it to the image window? Anyway, if you want to dock the toolbox and other windows to the image window, go provide a patch then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix), i.e.

Re: [Gimp-user] Interesting opinions

2006-12-05 Thread Joshua Raphael Fuentes
Since this is all about GIMP vs. PS, I just would like to say that these softwares may be basically the same, the end result depends more on the user. Both softwares have the same tools on their tool bars, or tools menu, and they also they function as good as the other. This is not a factor to