I think this reputation for intransigence was probably merited by ~noughties GIMP team, but it doesn't seem to me to be deserved at present. I think the UX issu

I think this reputation for intransigence was probably merited by ~noughties GIMP team, but it doesn't seem to me to be deserved at present. I think the UX issues that remain are more due to lack of development resources than intransigence. Edit: Despite my defence of the current devs, I continue to be annoyed by the GIMP cheerleaders who continue to unhelpfully blame the program's shortcomings on its users.