Hi, "Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Actually, 0.75 is sometimes boring, when the whole image would fit in, > say, 90% of the screen, and it shows up zoomed out. > > regarding your specific question, it would not be nice if the GIMP > openned an image in a zoom factor that once changed could not get > easily reproduced. So the answer is (b).However, if you could make it > in a way that if the next bigger zoom ratio (in the 2^(1/2) steps you > use) would be no larger than 80% or maybe 85% of the screen it would > be the one used. > > On the other hand, I was not around when the choice for 75% was made, > and there may be strong motives for that. IIRC, 75% was choosen rather arbitrarily and I agree that it would make sense to use 85% or even 90% instead and choose the closest sane display ratio below. Sven
