Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

[fred smith]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 02:39:29PM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:32:45 -0700
> Alan Evans wrote:
> 
> > There seems to be a lot of hatred here (even in this thread) for the
> > multi-window interface. But I, for one, wish that *more* applications
> > implemented it.
> > 
> > It is seriously the only way to go when you have multiple monitors and
> > edit a lot of images simultaneously. (Try to imagine stretching a
> > single-window interface across three screens. Ick.)
> 
> Yea, I've always hated the single window model. Just consider the
> photoshop/gimp case. If I have one tall image and one wide image,
> I can position those where I can still interact with the rest
> of my desktop in one corner of my screen, but in a single screen
> GUI model, I pretty much am forced to hide the rest of the desktop
> (even without multiple monitors).

Oh, I agree there are valid uses for the multi-window model. I'm for
sure NOT one of those who whined about it (I don't use Gimp enough
for it to be an issue, either, just now and then).

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