Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] [Fwd: Gimp interface streamlining]
Hi, Adam D. Moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Willie Sippel wrote: Check my new mockup, I've changed this. It's available at http://www.zeitgeistmedia.net/gimp/gimpstreamline2.png . I rather like the way this is going. Well, surely the screenshot looks nice. The question is if this is a useable interface that is both intuitive to newbies as well as productive for experts. The mockup brings up a couple of good points. However none of them are really new. A lot of this is implemented in the 1.3 series, some points are scheduled for implementation, some were dropped. I just want to point out that it doesn't make any sense to say yes or no to the mockup. It just raises a couple of ideas that need to be discussed (and eventually coded). Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Fwd: Gimp interface streamlining]
Hi, Willie Sippel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Check my new mockup, I've changed this. It's available at http://www.zeitgeistmedia.net/gimp/gimpstreamline2.png . You're right on this one, I would suggest to split the toolbox, upper segment containing logical groups, e.g. paint tools, and on click, the lower segment contains the corresponding tools, like brush, pen, airbrush, ink and text. This would reduce mouse movement, as you suggested, while still making it easier to find the tool you need. I like this idea. Perhaps if the GUI could better indicate the relationship between the selected tool-group and the list of tools below, people would actually have a chance to understand this concept without the need to explain it to them. What I dislike about your mockup is the fact that you overload widgets with functionality using the three mouse-buttons. This hides important functionality and is thus unacceptable for a user interface that is supposed to be as intuitive as possible. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] [Fwd: Gimp interface streamlining]
Hi, Willie Sippel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2.) Remove buttons from the main menu and add the corresponding functions to a mode selector in the Tool Options: While I see how this would save some screen estate and reduce clutter in the toolbox, I think that it would be very cumbersome to have to click in two different places to select a tool. I'd like to see tool-groups, as you suggest them, to be integrated into the toolbox, not split between toolbox and tool-options dialog. 6.) Add 'Alpha' to the Color Picker; See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121331. 13.) Remove the pressure mapping options from the tool settings and add it to the 'Tool state' window, to remove unnecessary options for users without a tablet; There are a few things you can do with the pressure options even if you don't have a tablet. These are considered hacks however and I agree that we should consider to move these settings elsewhere or at least hide them when no special input devices are available. 14.) Add a pressure curve to the tool settings, to edit the pressure and suppress values on the fly; This has been suggested before, there should be a bug-report for it. 15.) Remove the brush and pattern preview from the main toolbox, because it clutters the toolbox - it's redundant, anyway, because there is allready a preview in the tool settings window. It might be even better to also remove the pattern preview from the tool settings and show the selected pattern on the color preview of the main toolbox; The brush, pattern and gradient previews in the toolbox are redundant and are scheduled for removal already. It's just a matter of doing it. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
