Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

[Fedora User]

On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 14:27 -0400, fred smith wrote:
> because there's been a LOT of whining from many people about the multi-
> window interface. Allegedly it alienates Photoshop users, preventing
> them from being willing to learn to  use Gimp (and Linux, et al.)
> 
> Not sure I buy it, but that's the reasoning as I understand it.
> 
Well that's not my kvetch. GIMP has always had a wonderful multi-window
interface and I have been using it since - probably - pre-Fedora. Over
the last few releases they have markedly changed the interface and
methodology without any improvement. The tool-box window has now been
shrunk and no longer displays all of the information that it used to. I
have yet to figure out how to do things that I used to do - easily - for
years. I also don't like the fact that it now defaults to xcf. Perhaps
someone else can explain this change better than I can. In simple terms,
if I open a jpg, edit and then do a ctl-s, it no longer brings up the
jpg dialog. The text dialog is completely different and almost
impossible because the new pop-up obscures the text area. The fill tool
no longer fills an area of a photo properly (it fills contiguous
shapes). You can no longer type a wrapped line of text and have it
centered. I could go on . . .