newbies who are using GIMP are always asking where is the scanner support.
why? because they can't find it.
File->Create is not intuitive, nor does it imply anything about scanners.
File->Acquire would be more appropriate. maybe even File->Scanners if you want to be obvious (which is even better!).
but I can tell you from a thought process and human usability standpoint that grouping it under File->Create makes no rational, reasoning sense.
at least keep the scanner stuff separate and make it obvious that it's for scanners.
scanners are I think a very important part of any imaging tool, and deserve direct access, and even warrant a button.
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Jim Michaels
jmichae3@xxxxxxxxx
JimM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://JimsComputerRepairandWebDesign.com
http://JesusnJim.com (my personal site, has software)
http://DoLifeComputers.JesusnJim.com (group which I lead)
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Computer memory/disk size measurements:
[KB KiB] [MB MiB] [GB GiB] [TB TiB]
[10^3B=1000B=1KB][10^6B=1000000B=1MB][10^9B=1000000000B=1GB][10^12B=1000000000000B=1TB]
[2^10B=1024B=1KiB][2^20B=1048576B=1MiB][2^30B=1073741824B=1GiB][2^40B=1099511627776B=1TiB]
Note: disk size is measured in MB, GB, or TB, not in MiB, GiB, or TiB. computer memory (RAM) is measured in MiB and GiB.
why? because they can't find it.
File->Create is not intuitive, nor does it imply anything about scanners.
File->Acquire would be more appropriate. maybe even File->Scanners if you want to be obvious (which is even better!).
but I can tell you from a thought process and human usability standpoint that grouping it under File->Create makes no rational, reasoning sense.
at least keep the scanner stuff separate and make it obvious that it's for scanners.
scanners are I think a very important part of any imaging tool, and deserve direct access, and even warrant a button.
Jim Michaels
jmichae3@xxxxxxxxx
JimM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://JimsComputerRepairandWebDesign.com
http://JesusnJim.com (my personal site, has software)
http://DoLifeComputers.JesusnJim.com (group which I lead)
---
Computer memory/disk size measurements:
[KB KiB] [MB MiB] [GB GiB] [TB TiB]
[10^3B=1000B=1KB][10^6B=1000000B=1MB][10^9B=1000000000B=1GB][10^12B=1000000000000B=1TB]
[2^10B=1024B=1KiB][2^20B=1048576B=1MiB][2^30B=1073741824B=1GiB][2^40B=1099511627776B=1TiB]
Note: disk size is measured in MB, GB, or TB, not in MiB, GiB, or TiB. computer memory (RAM) is measured in MiB and GiB.
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