2009/7/22 Fredrik Alströmer <roe@xxxxxxx>
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 14:12, Alexandre
Prokoudine<alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Sven Neumann wrote:I guess you wouldn't hear from people who like it the way the default
>
>> Easy enough, just unset the 'global-brush' property. I am not sure
>> though if that would make a good default for the average user.
>
> So far I only heard from users "thanks, but why is it not by default?" :)
is set, would you? :)
Well you can hear from me: I like the global-brush setting; if it is accidentally turned off I find it very annoying, having to reselect brush between tools... usually I *do* want to keep just the same brush between tools. When I think about it, I wonder whether such users ever get to using GIMP with any level of frequency or intensity, as IMO with the global-brush option off, there is an unavoidable mental 'thunk' to accommodate for the possible change of brush as you change tool; global-brush == off seems in this way to inherently slow the user's workflow (regardless of what workflow they use -- having to think 'oh, what is the brush of this tool' == slowdown.)
A related issue is the difficulty of reliable brush selection. ideally I would hit a shortcut (say CTRL+B) and then type part of a brush name and hit enter to select it. The current brush selection methods either require direct pointing, are inaccurate, or only allow relative selection (ie. next brush, prev brush)
(note: you can do absolute brush selection by this method IIRC: make sure your brushes dialog is set to List,
then when you want to select a brush by name, hit [the shortcut for the brushes dialog], then CTRL+F and type the name fragment. This has two downsides - a) it's too much keyboard work for a common operation, b) it changes the focus, which means I have to mouse back to the image window or ALT-TAB before I can continue as before (say, adjusting the drawing opacity before I start painting))
Also,
Alexandre says:
>Clear separation of default settings for different tools is such an obvious
>thing...
I agree with that. Unfortunately, having sensible, different defaults for different tools is in direct conflict with having an efficient, un-surprising workflow (and everyday workflow takes priority IMO.. A person remains a newbie for only so long, but the general consistency of workflow is something they will need to deal with as long as they use GIMP -- including any bureaucratic lumps such as (global-brush == off))
David
A related issue is the difficulty of reliable brush selection. ideally I would hit a shortcut (say CTRL+B) and then type part of a brush name and hit enter to select it. The current brush selection methods either require direct pointing, are inaccurate, or only allow relative selection (ie. next brush, prev brush)
(note: you can do absolute brush selection by this method IIRC: make sure your brushes dialog is set to List,
then when you want to select a brush by name, hit [the shortcut for the brushes dialog], then CTRL+F and type the name fragment. This has two downsides - a) it's too much keyboard work for a common operation, b) it changes the focus, which means I have to mouse back to the image window or ALT-TAB before I can continue as before (say, adjusting the drawing opacity before I start painting))
Also,
Alexandre says:
>Clear separation of default settings for different tools is such an obvious
>thing...
I agree with that. Unfortunately, having sensible, different defaults for different tools is in direct conflict with having an efficient, un-surprising workflow (and everyday workflow takes priority IMO.. A person remains a newbie for only so long, but the general consistency of workflow is something they will need to deal with as long as they use GIMP -- including any bureaucratic lumps such as (global-brush == off))
David
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