On 30 May 2011 21:26, Bill B. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 20:50 +0100, George Tripp wrote: > > Just when I thought I'd got used to unity & I can probably live with > it I tried > > using the gimp. > > > > Previously with this I have the main window maximised & set up toolbox > & layers > > as normal windows hidden behind the main one. > > > > In gnome2 it's easy to get at these other two windows from the bottom > panel. > > However in unity this option obviously isn't there. > > > > Clicking on the gimp icon on the launcher does get the option to > choose which of > > the 3 open windows you want so all is not lost but it does seem a lot > of clicks > > and messing! > > > > Anyone else find this annoying? Any solutions? > > > > Perhaps I'll get used to this as well! > > > > George > > > > I found the same thing and then found the solution... > I reinstalled 10.04 & haven't stopped thanking myself since. > > Sorry to be negative, especially where a lot of people obviously did a > lot a lot of work to get 11.04 ready [perhaps I'm just a stick in the > mud but when it comes to usability - oh dear! Looking forward to next > release to see where the usability bugs canbe / have been sorted. >
You could have just switched to classic mode from the login screen. I agree that Unity needs a lot more work, including more user configuration options but it's got to start somewhere. s/ > > -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "Is this your sanderling?"
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