Sven wrote: > Merge toolbox and image menus > > It would be very nice if we could get this done for 2.6. It > would be > a major user-visible change and as such it would give a clear sign > that GIMP is moving. What's needed here is a mockup that shows how > GIMP should look like with no image window open. And a > specification > that tells us what should happen when the first image is opened, > what > happens for the second image, what happens when the last image is > closed. Purely due to the infectious enthusiasm of Martin on the irc, I have given that a start: <http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/No_image_open_specification> so far so good. After having defined what definitely not should be in that window, the question remains what actually can. I think now that the tip-of-the-day idea can get really old really fast, even if the tips are super and exactly what you need. To see them 10–100 times a day is too much, even though I do build in a slider to set the alpha of the whole tip thing. So after rereading the section in the spec about no gimmicks (please do): <http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/No_image_open_specification#no_gimmicks> here are some ideas I have for this window: 1) one of our designers (jimmac, garrett) makes a really nice, soothing, non-distracting, GIMP value improving wallpaper to show there; 2) like 1), but we ship with a whole series; GIMP shuffles through the series, shows a different one every time; 3) we have a repository of really nice, soothing, non-distracting, GIMP value improving wallpapers on gimp.org. When internet-connected, GIMP gets some new ones from the repository, ditches some others, shuffles like in 2). Users contribute new wallpapers, we weed out the crap. The 3 ideas above add a joy-of-use component to GIMP, not a gimmick. Another fundamental idea is: 4) a plugin system for this window; we ship a standard, good one like above. If somebody really insists he or she wants to see a file open dialog every time or the 10 last edited pictures (both not very good ideas to force upon one million users) then let them write a plugin to do that. and oh, note that the slider to set the alpha of what goes on in that window will be there anyway... --ps founder + principal interaction architect man + machine interface works http://mmiworks.net/blog : on interaction architecture _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
