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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:56:57 -0500
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John Ames wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:13:34 +0000
> Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote:
>
>> Like LibreOffice, GIMP is GIMP and it does not attempt
>> any emulation.
>
> That's a farcical claim, when its UI from the get-go has been a naked
> clone of Photoshop - first in its original Mac-style "separate windows
> for documents & tool palettes" incarnation, and then in its later
> "single window, tool palette on the left, extended options docked on
> the right" version. The biggest difference is that Photoshop's workflow
> and UX choices are generally well thought-out and helpful, while GIMP's
> are clunky and awkward.
>
> (Shame, because GIMP's technical functionality is quite solid. Yet
> another cautionary tale about the unfortunate tendency of programmers,
> left to themselves, to treat user experience and UI design as an
> afterthought...)

Ummmm, what about PhotoGIMP?

Anyway, having never used Photoshop, I have no real issue with the GIMP
interface.

I once owned a 600-page book describing (with graphics) the things that could
be done with GIMP.

-- 
From concentrate.