On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 01:49:52AM -0300, Guillermo Espertino wrote: > Turning Gimp into a MDI application will make several users happy, but > IMO it won't benefit Gimp at all. > I think it would be better to improve the way those floating windows work: > - by creating only one item in the windows list, grouping GIMP's > windows, instead of one item for each panel (it's quite confusing) > - by making toolbox and dockers dependant of the "canvas" window. > As it was discussed before, this brings a new problem: where should the > menu bar be placed. Of course, the document window is the most ovbious > choice, but as we use floating windows, it won't be any document window > when we open the program. > Maybe the best option is to create a new kind of splashscreen, where we > get as options: > -Create a new image (if you choose this, the new image dialog appears, > with dimensions, templates, color mode, etc.) > -Open existing image/s (if you choose this, the filer appears, letting > you pick an image or a group of images). > Once you made your choice, the toolbox and dockers will appear along the > document/s window/s. > (I'm thinking about something like the latest Adobe Premiere Pro initial > screen, for instance, but in the GTK/floating windows fashion) As far as I got it, this is all in line with what Peter has been proposing. Where MDI would be an _option_ that could be tackled _after_ floating panels have been adressed. > Another thing that was covered in your work is the use of the screen > space. I agree that the current menu layout is a waste of pixels. > But this is already possible to improve in Gimp using the small theme > and putting the tool options panel in the docker window. This allows you > to shrink the toolbox, gaining much window space. > You can see a screenshot of my current tool layout in gimp using that > idea here: > http://www.ohweb.com.ar/screenshots/Gimp-Screenshot.jpg Fine if that works for you and nice to see docking put to work for a custom layout. But I shudder on the thought of having to move the pointer from one side of the screen to the other, for tweakink tool options after picking a tool. (Personaly, I learned the shortcuts for all frequently used tools, but I still use the tool palette at times) -- Thorsten Wilms Thorwil's Design for Free Software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
