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> things like the focus always being in the wrong place so I have to use the mouse, or windows being placed over things I need to see But both of these are thi

by phaemon 10y ago

> things like the focus always being in the wrong place so I have to use the mouse, or windows being placed over things I need to see But both of these are things that are fixed with Single Window Mode (which it's clear you know about). Complaining about a UI issue that has already been fixed does seem a bit ungrateful. > or having to reselect my font styling every time I retype something Ok, fair enough. That one is less obvious as there are two places to change the font. If you're in Single Window Mode, you'll see that when you select the Text tool, you'll get the Tool Options underneath. Change the font there and that becomes the new default. You can still choose different fonts in the floating selector for specific Text fields.

Joeboy 10y ago
> But both of these are things that are fixed with Single Window Mode (which it's clear you know about). They aren't entirely gone though. Eg. if I find my chosen font in the font selector, click it or press enter to select it, and continue typing I'll end up with "Nimbus Sans Lsomerandomtext" in the font selection box. Another example - the default shortcut for "Show / hide docks" is Tab, which is also the shortcut to cycle between tools. So which of those things happens depends on what part of the screen happens to be focused. It's true that Single Window Mode made a lot of those sorts of problems go away, and possibly I'm holding on to the years of frustration at Gimp people saying there was no problem before it was finally introduced. I didn't know the two font boxes did different things, I always used the one in the floating selector. Thanks for clarifying the behaviour. The floating selector is generally a source of annoyance for me. I can move it up or down, but that'll also move my text. So if I want to see what's under it while typing, as far as I know I'm SOL. Maybe there's some way to turn it off or make it behave differently?
- prokoudine 10y ago
  > Another example - the default shortcut for "Show / hide docks" is Tab, which is also the shortcut to cycle between tools. Not anymore. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=52ad5bb2a11e39ffe714b5b3ba1f3be0aa305e7f https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=52ad5bb2a11e39f...
  - Joeboy 10y ago
    Cool! Despite my whining I really appreciate the past and future efforts to make it better.
- prokoudine 10y ago
  > Despite my whining... The thing with complaints is... Personally I'm prepared to handle a lot of that, even trash talking. But only if the user ends up providing a useful insight. Otherwise it's just a huge senseless loss of time for both parties.
  - Joeboy 10y ago
    The thing is, my whining isn't really directed at you or the GIMP's devs, it's directed at people who blame any complaints about the UI on Photoshop users or whatever. It sounds like you understand that the program isn't perfect and you're focused on making it better, which is obviously great.

by phaemon 10y ago

Joeboy 10y ago

> But both of these are things that are fixed with Single Window Mode (which it's clear you know about). They aren't entirely gone though. Eg. if I find my chosen font in the font selector, click it or press enter to select it, and continue typing I'll end up with "Nimbus Sans Lsomerandomtext" in the font selection box. Another example - the default shortcut for "Show / hide docks" is Tab, which is also the shortcut to cycle between tools. So which of those things happens depends on what part of the screen happens to be focused. It's true that Single Window Mode made a lot of those sorts of problems go away, and possibly I'm holding on to the years of frustration at Gimp people saying there was no problem before it was finally introduced. I didn't know the two font boxes did different things, I always used the one in the floating selector. Thanks for clarifying the behaviour. The floating selector is generally a source of annoyance for me. I can move it up or down, but that'll also move my text. So if I want to see what's under it while typing, as far as I know I'm SOL. Maybe there's some way to turn it off or make it behave differently?

prokoudine 10y ago
> Another example - the default shortcut for "Show / hide docks" is Tab, which is also the shortcut to cycle between tools. Not anymore. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=52ad5bb2a11e39ffe714b5b3ba1f3be0aa305e7f https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=52ad5bb2a11e39f...
- Joeboy 10y ago
  Cool! Despite my whining I really appreciate the past and future efforts to make it better.
prokoudine 10y ago
> Despite my whining... The thing with complaints is... Personally I'm prepared to handle a lot of that, even trash talking. But only if the user ends up providing a useful insight. Otherwise it's just a huge senseless loss of time for both parties.
- Joeboy 10y ago
  The thing is, my whining isn't really directed at you or the GIMP's devs, it's directed at people who blame any complaints about the UI on Photoshop users or whatever. It sounds like you understand that the program isn't perfect and you're focused on making it better, which is obviously great.