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Completely different usecase. In GIMP you often need to have several images open. Side by side. With separate windows you can position them in any way you want.
by Grue3 10y ago
Completely different usecase. In GIMP you often need to have several images open. Side by side. With separate windows you can position them in any way you want. With a single window you need to have them opened in separate tabs and switch back and forth? Pointless.
What's "objectively more approachable" for one application, makes zero sense for another.
- ronjouch 10y agoFor your use case, I have no doubt :) . For my casual editing needs, though, I'm happy with a simple(r) single-window mode. Nowhere to get lost, everything in one place.
- brianpgordon 10y agoThis problem was solved decades ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface When you alt-tab to the application, all of the child windows come to the foreground. You don't have to alt-tab 4 times to bring all of the various windows forward individually.