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>In terms of complexity, it can be placed next to Adobe Photoshop or GNU GIMP. This must be a joke.

by vminko 9y ago

pegasuscollins 9y ago
Have you actually checked the link? This seems to be a reasonable advanced clone of photoshop in JS; all the basic stuff that you would expect to be there seems to work. Pretty impressive stuff considering its one guy.
- bvrmn 9y ago
  > all the basic stuff that you would expect to be there seems to work. Basic stuff is there, yes. But compare it even with a GIMP is a joke.
  - minitech 9y ago
    > But compare it even with a GIMP is a joke. How?
    - bvrmn 9y ago
      I guess there is nobody from 163 people who starred subj on GH who works professionally with photopea. So it's a fun and joke, no more.
jedimastert 9y ago
> This must be a joke How so?
- sudojudo 9y ago
  Just a guess, but it's probably because PS and GIMP are huge projects with years of work put into them -by teams of people. This is one guy. Not saying I don't welcome some competition in this area, but there are already tons of PS clones, all with their own niche. Put it in the context of operating systems, and the guy was saying "This is the next Windows." That would be laughable. Again though, good for him, fight the giants. But, he's got to expect some eye-rolls and giggles when making such lofty claims.
  - fardo 9y ago
    >Put it in the context of operating systems, and the guy was saying "This is the next Windows." That would be laughable. That happened in real life! Consider what the launch of Linux looked like: http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/04/the-first-linux-announcement-from-linus-torvalds/ http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/04/the-first-linux-announc... It’s reasonable to think a hobby project won’t get big, and saying it will certainly is talking a big game before it’s actually happened, but even in the OS counterexample you provided, strange things can happen. Some side projects die, and some side project ends up taking over the majority of the server and all of the supercomputer OS market.
    - overcast 9y ago
      Linux is not the next Windows, and will never be the next Windows. It's been the year of the Linux desktop for twenty years, and it's not been achieved yet. It's very good for the server environment, but it was the next Unix, not the next Windows.
      - disordinary 9y ago
        You're wrong, but not in the way that you think. The concept of a desktop operating system is dying. Different distros of Linux are very capable desktop operating systems, they are fully featured and competitive with Windows in pretty much every facet. They may not be the next Windows but that doesn't matter. 95% of the use case for an OS now days is the ability to run a modern web browser. Regardless, you shouldn't dismiss something just because it doesn't have mass adoption. Mass adoption doesn't necessarily reflect the amount of engineering and quality of the platform. The whole Windows vs Linux debate is pretty much obsolete and becoming less relevant every day.
      - Retric 9y ago
        Linux is already running on more personal computers than Windows. We call them tablets, phones, and think of Android as it's own OS but the reality is it all came from just one guy at the beginning.
      - 9y ago

>In terms of complexity, it can be placed next to Adobe Photoshop or GNU GIMP. This must be a joke.

by vminko 9y ago

>In terms of complexity, it can be placed next to Adobe Photoshop or GNU GIMP. This must be a joke.

Have you actually checked the link? This seems to be a reasonable advanced clone of photoshop in JS; all the basic stuff that you would expect to be there seems to work. Pretty impressive stuff considering its one guy.

bvrmn 9y ago
> all the basic stuff that you would expect to be there seems to work. Basic stuff is there, yes. But compare it even with a GIMP is a joke.
- minitech 9y ago
  > But compare it even with a GIMP is a joke. How?
  - bvrmn 9y ago
    I guess there is nobody from 163 people who starred subj on GH who works professionally with photopea. So it's a fun and joke, no more.

jedimastert 9y ago

> This must be a joke How so?

sudojudo 9y ago
Just a guess, but it's probably because PS and GIMP are huge projects with years of work put into them -by teams of people. This is one guy. Not saying I don't welcome some competition in this area, but there are already tons of PS clones, all with their own niche. Put it in the context of operating systems, and the guy was saying "This is the next Windows." That would be laughable. Again though, good for him, fight the giants. But, he's got to expect some eye-rolls and giggles when making such lofty claims.
- fardo 9y ago
  >Put it in the context of operating systems, and the guy was saying "This is the next Windows." That would be laughable. That happened in real life! Consider what the launch of Linux looked like: http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/04/the-first-linux-announcement-from-linus-torvalds/ http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/04/the-first-linux-announc... It’s reasonable to think a hobby project won’t get big, and saying it will certainly is talking a big game before it’s actually happened, but even in the OS counterexample you provided, strange things can happen. Some side projects die, and some side project ends up taking over the majority of the server and all of the supercomputer OS market.
  - overcast 9y ago
    Linux is not the next Windows, and will never be the next Windows. It's been the year of the Linux desktop for twenty years, and it's not been achieved yet. It's very good for the server environment, but it was the next Unix, not the next Windows.
    - disordinary 9y ago
      You're wrong, but not in the way that you think. The concept of a desktop operating system is dying. Different distros of Linux are very capable desktop operating systems, they are fully featured and competitive with Windows in pretty much every facet. They may not be the next Windows but that doesn't matter. 95% of the use case for an OS now days is the ability to run a modern web browser. Regardless, you shouldn't dismiss something just because it doesn't have mass adoption. Mass adoption doesn't necessarily reflect the amount of engineering and quality of the platform. The whole Windows vs Linux debate is pretty much obsolete and becoming less relevant every day.
    - Retric 9y ago
      Linux is already running on more personal computers than Windows. We call them tablets, phones, and think of Android as it's own OS but the reality is it all came from just one guy at the beginning.
    - 9y ago