Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

[Fedora User]

On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 15:41 -0400, Fedora User wrote:
> People must have too much time on their hands. Add some features; maybe
> clean up some code. But why on earth make major UI changes to a program
> that consistently did exactly what it was supposed to do exactly as it
> was supposed to do it - - - and now doesn't. Ugh!

BTW, Fedora 17, GIMP 2.8.2. Unable to center multi-line text. Can no
longer create a shape and then fill it with a color. Color ME
frustrated.