> I won;t say it's more valid to do it as GIMP does, > but I contend it is at least as valid. I would contend that it is more valid ;) If you hold a paint brush up, and it is loaded with paint it is going to drip on your clothes. Or in this case... keyboard ;) and if you select the paint bucket (watch out) > And I *really* don't understand this one. It's always > been intuitive to me ditto > (and I had nothing to do with that > part of the GIMP.) ditto > If you look in the brushes/ directory under the gimp > library, you'll find the brushes. UI feedback...(for those who care) I used to be a photoshop user back in the 3.* days I switched to the Gimp in 98 timeframe, I figured that hey I know how to use an image editor inside and out I should not have to read about how this thing works. the brushes menu did take me longer to find than most other UI features. However once i found it I did think it was rather intuitive. (p.s. adventually i did rtfm) Jeff On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 10:23:03PM -0600, Miles O'Neal wrote: > Zolan Davis said... > | > |Please tell me the rationale behind having the drawing icons point downwards. > > Um, it's *natural*? > > Had you asked why they point from the left, I would > understand your question. But the metaphor of using > a pencil, or a paintbrush, or the others, is generally > pointing down. Yes, your monitor is up compared to > your hand, but most people are used to how you hold a > pencil, or a watercolor brush when painting on a table. > > I won;t say it's more valid to do it as GIMP does, > but I contend it is at least as valid. > > |On my desk, the monitor is above the mouse, and my other applications reflect this. > |Far from becoming one with the brush, the Gimp arrangement seems to exaggerate indirectness; > |We have to work out where the hot spot is going to be from operation to operation. > > And I *really* don't understand this one. It's always > been intutive to me (and I had nothing to do with that > part of the GIMP.) > > If you look in the brushes/ directory under the gimp > library, you'll find the brushes. > > -Miles Thanks, Jeff ----------------------------------------------------------- | (Forrest on his being shot in the buttocks) | | They said it was a million dollar wound. But, the army | | must keep that money, cause I still ain't seen a | | nickel of that million dollars" | | -- Forrest Gump | ----------------------------------------------------------- | Jeff Sheffield | | jsheffie@xxxxxxxxx | -----------------------------------------------------------
