Craig has said basically what im saying
gimp is a nice app with tonnes of power and the interfacing is nice and
minimalistic
very logical and heirachicial
Alot of 'doze graphics editors decided that they should consume your
entire screen and put menus in the most odd places.
personally gimps windows with the main tool, then right clicking for
other tools is excellent. Floating windows is definately they way to go.
This is obviously an area for much flaming, however i dont think gimp
needs to go through a ui study, however thats upto the makers. If they
like it, who are we to complain as we are getting it for free.
I beleive X cme under similar flacking in about 1999 for not being
windows 95
"oh no no start button, this isnt a gui!!"
very sadening indeed.
although a start button is a brillian idea, i mean lets think from an
absolutely computer illiterate persons perspective....
"hmm keyboard, mouse, oh look it moves, now what should i click on...
start button!"
although for the real brain drain they added "click here to start" which
moves across naturally attracting the eye (as all moving things do)
what brilliance.....
Dean
Craige McWhirter wrote:
>
> I don't understand what is so bad about the GIMP interface, or what
> makes it a hackers interface. Personally, I find the GIMP intuitive and
> fast, it probably could be better but what couldn't? I use Photoshop a
> lot on our DTP machine (has a scanner - my laptop doesnt) and I feel
> like I have a hand tied behind my back.
>
> Guess it's just a matter of what you're used to.
>
> Cheers,
> Craige.
>
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> >
> > > Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> > >
> > > Mabye it's just that I haven't spend the amount of time I've spent on
> > > GIMP as I've spent on Photoshop but the GIMP interface SUCKS. In my
> > > normal X working, I have sloppy focus and autoraise switched on. The
> > > GIMP's many panels disappear when I do this, going behind the active
> > > window. With Photoshop everything is accessible from the keyboard -- I
> > > imagine this is also the case with GIMP but the keys aren't very
> > > sensible.
> >
> > Phew! Someone agrees with me - I won't have to go through that 12-Step after
> > all. ;)
> >
> > At some stage, hopefully as GIMP 2 gears up, I'd like to get a bunch of
> > people together - users, deisgners and coders - to work on improving the
> > interface. Proper UI testing and the like, with video cameras.
> >
> > Pie in the sky now, but give it a few months and I think it'll be time to
> > start this one up.
> >
> > I *want* to use GIMP, and I *want* to be able to recommend it to everyone
> > else, but as it stands, it has a hacker's interface.
> >
> > - Jeff
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