On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 00:25 +0200, Alexandre Ravaux wrote: > *BEFRORE READING, EXCUSE THE SEVERAL MISTAKES YOU MAY READ IN THIS MESSAGE. > I'M FRENCH (I KONOW IT IS NOT A GREAT EXCUSE BUT I DO NOT FIND ANYTHING > ELSE...)* > > Hello, > I am a french young Gimp user (since 2.0 version) and I wish to tell my > opinion about the latest version (2.8). In fact, I did not know to whom I > have to send this message.I suppose you'll tell me where's the exit door, > or, at worst, to whom I have to write. > > I congratulate you for the hard work you do. All these improvements: > improved layers manager (with folders...), awesome text editor... But (yes > there is always a "but" in this kind of message) I do not appreciate the > deliberate choice that you made to save the file within the xcf format and > to export for the other formats. It is even contrary to the freedoms of the > user I think. Don't feel aggressed, but one of the priorities of GNU, if I > understand Stallman's philosophy, it is the user's freedom (short reminder > : GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program). Stallman's philosophy or not, I > think it is important to let people choose the format of the picture when > they're saving their file. > > I know there is little chance that you return to the saving mode into any > format.(I hope I contributed by exposing my opinion to the improvement of > GIMP). Thanks Alexandre for being friendly and not right away bitching like many others :) However, we did this change for a reason: http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Save_%2B_export_specification It's really only about getting used to a new keyboard shortcut when exporting. Regards, --mitch _______________________________________________ gegl-developer-list mailing list gegl-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gegl-developer-list
