Why did they f*ck with GIMP?

Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconnor25 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 16 17:20:54 UTC 2012


On 09/14/2012 02:32 PM, Alan Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, 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.)
> 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.)
>
> -Alan
The flipside to this would be only having a small laptop screen to work 
with and not wanting to switch to various windows constantly in order to 
get something done in GIMP.


EGO II


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