Re: Major UI issues with gradient editor (and suggestions for fixing them)

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On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Bart Kelsey <elbarto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'll be honest with you -- I have some big projects of my own, and I don't
> have the many free hours necessary to build an entire UI spec. I already
> took quite a while thinking about this and typing it up, and I was hoping
> that I could perhaps generate some discussion, or maybe get a GIMP developer
> who happens to like my idea to flesh it out into a real spec. I would be
> happy to answer questions about my idea if anything is unclear. If no one
> feels that it's worthwhile, I won't be offended. :)
>
> Bart


Hi Bart --
thank you for your input on this issue -
Of course the gradient editting needs work --
but have you noticed that you can drag colors to specific points in
the gradient? (Therefore both splitting new segments, and setting new
colors for both endpoints?)

This is hard to discover, but once one finds out, it can conver almost
all use cases for gradient editing (at least it did for me).

Âjs
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>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Martin Nordholts <enselic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/16/2010 07:16 PM, Bart Kelsey wrote:
>> > While I appreciate that GIMP's gradient editor is highly capable, the
>> > advanced
>> > features are set up in such a way that creating a simple gradient
>> > quickly is
>> > next to impossible. ÂThis is a major usability problem. ÂI would suggest
>> > the
>> > following changes in order to remedy this:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just a hint:
>> Suggestions for UI improvements will be a lot more punchy if you provide
>> mockups and other graphical diagrams. The most preferable form is a
>> complete UI spec like the ones found at gui.gimp.org.
>>
>> BR,
>> Martin
>>
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