Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/14/2012 02:27 PM, fred smith wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 07:58:07PM -0300, Lailah wrote:
>>     El jue, 13-09-2012 a las 15:41 -0400, Fedora User escribió:
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>     Could you be more specific, please?  I don't find anything strange on Gimp
>>     but the lack of FX-Foundry plugins pack.
>>     Thanks!
>>     Lailah
> 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.
>
>
>
I'd have to agree with the reasoning for this, up until today I avoided 
GIMP vigorously because I didn't know there was a way to have one 
window!....now that I know...(I've already changed it!) I'll be delving 
into its inner workings on a deeper level!


EGO II