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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: 27 Dec 2024 17:49:34 GMT
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:59:15 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> rbowman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 
>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:45:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> So, is it an actual “clone” of the Photoshop UI or not? If it is
>>> identical to the Photoshop UI, then it would be just as “clunky and
>>> awkward” as Photoshop.
>>
>> I've never used PhotoShop but I consider GIMP an excellent example of
>> how not to do it. The latest I have is 2.10 on Debian; I don't know if
>> 3 is any better.
> 
> Meh. One gets used to a product.... or moves on.

I never used GIMP enough to get used to it. The use case: I've scraped 
some SVG icons that I need to lightly edit; I do not have PhotoShop but I 
do have GIMP on the Linux box. I start GIMP and find something that wants 
to spawn windows like mold spores reproducing in a Petri dish.

GIMP certainly wasn't the only application to take that approach. There 
was a period where you had to have dialogs you could tear off and let 
float around or dock at various points. Thankfully it seems to have 
passed.