On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 07:40:52AM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > That's exactly what GIMP <=2.6 did (at least from a user perspective). > > If you tried to save an image containing layers as a JPEG file, it > > warned you that it couldn't save the layers, and prompted for what to > > do. That was perfectly workable. > I don't know if you read the *-users@ list, but "the perfectly > workable" solution has just bit yet another user in the butt. Sure. That doesn't mean you should optimize for protecting against mistakes like this *at the expense* of day to day use -- particularly if aiming at professionals. (A common user experience design mistake!) > There are people, like yourself, who think it's workable. > There are people who absolutely hate annoying "I'm a stupid software, > tell me what to do" dialogs . > None of them hold the ultimate knowledge of what's right and what's wrong. Sure. That's exactly why it'd make sense to have an option. You can eat your cake *and* have it too. > People who think they know what they need every single second of their > lives are welcome to use Krita. People who don't mind a bit of > assistance in decision-making are welcome to stick to GIMP. That would be fine thing to say if Krita were the same kind of software, but it is not. (Specifically, is "the full-featured painting application for digital artists".) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
