On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, David Odin wrote: > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:02:31 +0100 > From: David Odin <David@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] canvas background options > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:06:21PM +0000, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > > I noticed the Canvas background colour options under the Image menu in the > > gimp 2.2. > > > > In gimp 2.0 this option was fairly discrete and was available on the top > > right just above the scrollbar which seemed fair enough even if it was > > not something I would ever change (except perhaps by changing my desktop > > theme). > > > > Is this feature really important to some users, so much so that it needs > > menu items? I am suggesting it would be better to put this in the > > preferences if at all rather than cluttering the menus. > > > Yes, this feature is important to me at least. It is important to > have a dark surrounding around a dark image and a light one around a > light image, so you can judge the contrast better. I can understand how that would require you to change it regularly and why you might want a menu item for it. How did you like how the feature was presented in 2.0 or were you unaware of it until it was given a prominant menu item? - Alan H.
