On 10/23/2013 05:52 PM, C R wrote:
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With GIMP, you just download it and try it out to see if it fits your
needs. There is no consumer risk involved with doing this....
While I am in agreement with virtually everything you have said...
I beg to differ with the point about "no consumer risk". Over the
years, I have "lost" days of my life to such "try it and see if it works
for me" situations. To _me_ there is a very high "consumer risk". I
know that nothing is perfect and even paying lots of money usually does
not mean that there is "no consumer risk" in terms of time. However, if
(ha!) I knew FOR SURE (ha!) in advance that my choice was a) a couple of
days of testing and struggling vs b) paying a few hundred dollars, I
would rather pay the few hundred dollars.
Maybe someone can toss together a benchmarking plugin that takes some
sample images, and processes them in various ways and produces a "user
experience" rating...
That is a really good idea. It would be even more useful if combined
that with a web page where testers then post their results in a very
structured manner including information about their specific hardware,
etc. Thus other potential users can see in advance how a specific Gimp
version works in a specific environment. (Or are there still too many
variables?)
Jay
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