On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 14:27 -0400, fred smith wrote: > because there's been a LOT of whining from many people about the multi- > window interface. Allegedly it alienates Photoshop users, preventing > them from being willing to learn to use Gimp (and Linux, et al.) > > Not sure I buy it, but that's the reasoning as I understand it. > Well that's not my kvetch. GIMP has always had a wonderful multi-window interface and I have been using it since - probably - pre-Fedora. Over the last few releases they have markedly changed the interface and methodology without any improvement. The tool-box window has now been shrunk and no longer displays all of the information that it used to. I have yet to figure out how to do things that I used to do - easily - for years. I also don't like the fact that it now defaults to xcf. Perhaps someone else can explain this change better than I can. In simple terms, if I open a jpg, edit and then do a ctl-s, it no longer brings up the jpg dialog. The text dialog is completely different and almost impossible because the new pop-up obscures the text area. The fill tool no longer fills an area of a photo properly (it fills contiguous shapes). You can no longer type a wrapped line of text and have it centered. I could go on . . . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
