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The feature was developed to help identifying bottlenecks in how GIMP uses cache. It was added to make GIMP faster. Do you want GIMP to be slower?

nkkollaw 9y ago
Kind of a contorted way of seeing this, but I'll go for it. So, as a user I have to identify bottlenecks, now..? That would be my first question. Since you're implying that by not thinking the performance indicator is an important feature for the average user I want GIMP to be slower, yes--actually I would definitely opt for a slower, usable program than a fast unusable one, and I never thought speed was a problem of GIMP. Right now I'm running Wine to be able to edit this PSD file without going crazy trying to use GIMP's interface, so obviously speed is not what I care about. I'm sure I'm not the only one, since other problems and not speed seem to be stopping people from using GIMP as their image editor.
- prokoudine 9y ago
  > So, as a user I have to identify bottlenecks, now..? That would be my first question. Please do pay attention. The release notes specifically describe who did that and for what purpose, and what's in it for end-users. It's all there for you to read. Just please pay attention. > and I never thought speed was a problem of GIMP Which suggests that you never used such a basic feature as Gaussian blur in both Photoshop and GIMP. GIMP _is_ slower than it should be. It actually _is_ a problem for people with modern DSLRs. We want to fix that problem.
  - zzzcpan 9y ago
    Exactly. As someone who did use Photoshop professionally for years, I got used to Gimp's quirks in like a few days, but hit the performance wall right after that. Pretty much nothing I did in Photoshop is possible in Gimp due to performance issues.
  - nkkollaw 9y ago
    Are _you_ paying attention (your tone is absolutely horrible, by the way)? I'm saying that I doubt the project's priorities are in line with those of its users. Are you sure that performance is a problem for most users? I have talked to people about GIMP before, and it came out 0 times, while usability was the problem that forced most people to install Photoshop or go back to Windows. In the past 3 days, I've opened pretty big illustrations (about 20,000px* 8000px) on a i35 thinker (mobile phone processor), and I had absolutely no problem opening them, scrolling around, etc. Doing basic operations like moving, cropping, and resizing layers was so cumbersome that after 3 days I gave up and installed Photoshop 7.
    - prokoudine 9y ago
      > Are _you_ paying attention (your tone is absolutely horrible, by the way)? I'm saying that I doubt the project's priorities are in line with those of its users. You don't like my tone, and I don't like your inability to process basic information written in clear English in the first two paragraphs of an article that you are discussing, followed by making ridiculous offensive statements. Are we even? > Are you sure that performance is a problem for most users? The majority of people who work on large images and use filters do have issue with performance of GIMP. Helping them is a priority to us. > Doing basic operations like moving, cropping, and resizing layers was so cumbersome that after 3 days I gave up and installed Photoshop 7. I'm still waiting for those "4 times fewer steps" in Pinta.
      - nkkollaw 9y ago
        Whatever, man. If you're part of the project, your attitude is exactly what I'm talking about, so thanks for reinforcing my convictions. If you're not, since I'm unable to process basic information I wouldn't want to waste your time. Let's call it a day.
        prokoudine 9y ago
        Yes, as project's contributor I find your claims blatantly inaccurate and offensive. That said, my way of handling them is most likely far from being humble.

nkkollaw 9y ago

Kind of a contorted way of seeing this, but I'll go for it. So, as a user I have to identify bottlenecks, now..? That would be my first question. Since you're implying that by not thinking the performance indicator is an important feature for the average user I want GIMP to be slower, yes--actually I would definitely opt for a slower, usable program than a fast unusable one, and I never thought speed was a problem of GIMP. Right now I'm running Wine to be able to edit this PSD file without going crazy trying to use GIMP's interface, so obviously speed is not what I care about. I'm sure I'm not the only one, since other problems and not speed seem to be stopping people from using GIMP as their image editor.

prokoudine 9y ago
> So, as a user I have to identify bottlenecks, now..? That would be my first question. Please do pay attention. The release notes specifically describe who did that and for what purpose, and what's in it for end-users. It's all there for you to read. Just please pay attention. > and I never thought speed was a problem of GIMP Which suggests that you never used such a basic feature as Gaussian blur in both Photoshop and GIMP. GIMP _is_ slower than it should be. It actually _is_ a problem for people with modern DSLRs. We want to fix that problem.
- zzzcpan 9y ago
  Exactly. As someone who did use Photoshop professionally for years, I got used to Gimp's quirks in like a few days, but hit the performance wall right after that. Pretty much nothing I did in Photoshop is possible in Gimp due to performance issues.
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  Are _you_ paying attention (your tone is absolutely horrible, by the way)? I'm saying that I doubt the project's priorities are in line with those of its users. Are you sure that performance is a problem for most users? I have talked to people about GIMP before, and it came out 0 times, while usability was the problem that forced most people to install Photoshop or go back to Windows. In the past 3 days, I've opened pretty big illustrations (about 20,000px* 8000px) on a i35 thinker (mobile phone processor), and I had absolutely no problem opening them, scrolling around, etc. Doing basic operations like moving, cropping, and resizing layers was so cumbersome that after 3 days I gave up and installed Photoshop 7.
  - prokoudine 9y ago
    > Are _you_ paying attention (your tone is absolutely horrible, by the way)? I'm saying that I doubt the project's priorities are in line with those of its users. You don't like my tone, and I don't like your inability to process basic information written in clear English in the first two paragraphs of an article that you are discussing, followed by making ridiculous offensive statements. Are we even? > Are you sure that performance is a problem for most users? The majority of people who work on large images and use filters do have issue with performance of GIMP. Helping them is a priority to us. > Doing basic operations like moving, cropping, and resizing layers was so cumbersome that after 3 days I gave up and installed Photoshop 7. I'm still waiting for those "4 times fewer steps" in Pinta.
    - nkkollaw 9y ago
      Whatever, man. If you're part of the project, your attitude is exactly what I'm talking about, so thanks for reinforcing my convictions. If you're not, since I'm unable to process basic information I wouldn't want to waste your time. Let's call it a day.
      - prokoudine 9y ago
        Yes, as project's contributor I find your claims blatantly inaccurate and offensive. That said, my way of handling them is most likely far from being humble.