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Agh. Here's me still thinking it's still 2010. Yeah, unfortunately things really haven't changed since the review: we're still on the same major version (2.6)

by samdk 16y ago

Agh. Here's me still thinking it's still 2010. Yeah, unfortunately things really haven't changed since the review: we're still on the same major version (2.6) that we were when the review was published. (Hence the comment at the end about development seeming to have slowed a ton.)

nailer 16y ago
Yes. I used GIMP exclusively between 1999 and about 2009. There was always something coming in the next version that would fix GIMP. Color profiling, single window, better text tools, etc. They never did. GIMP doesn't even bother subscribing to GNOME's HIG. It's cast adrift in the world of Linux, and after a decade of using it I'm now happily on Pixelmator on OS X.
- unwind 16y ago
  As far as I know (and I've lurking on the gimp developer list for 10+ years), GIMP has never been a GNOME application. So, from that point of view, there's no particular reason to expect it to conform to GNOME's human-interface guidelines, is there?
  - mgkimsal 16y ago
    It uses the same crappy GTK file mgt widget design philosophy as GNOME. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B GTK is the GIMP toolkit, and GTK is run by the GNOME foundation. There's quite a bit of relationship between GTK/GIMP/GNOME, even if it may be mostly historical these days. I've always considered GIMP to be a GNOME app, and most people I know have.
    - mgedmin 16y ago
      When the GNOME project was founded, they looked around for a widget toolkit, and found Gtk+, that was created for GIMP at that point.
  - nailer 16y ago
    > There's no particular reason to expect it to conform to GNOME's human-interface guidelines, is there? How about 'not being weird?' Asides from the already mentioned historic background, GNOME is the most popular OSS Unix desktop.
- jws 16y ago
  Thanks for the Pixelmator reference. I've been a gimp user since its early days, but I can do without the irritants.

by samdk 16y ago

nailer 16y ago

Yes. I used GIMP exclusively between 1999 and about 2009. There was always something coming in the next version that would fix GIMP. Color profiling, single window, better text tools, etc. They never did. GIMP doesn't even bother subscribing to GNOME's HIG. It's cast adrift in the world of Linux, and after a decade of using it I'm now happily on Pixelmator on OS X.

unwind 16y ago
As far as I know (and I've lurking on the gimp developer list for 10+ years), GIMP has never been a GNOME application. So, from that point of view, there's no particular reason to expect it to conform to GNOME's human-interface guidelines, is there?
- mgkimsal 16y ago
  It uses the same crappy GTK file mgt widget design philosophy as GNOME. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B GTK is the GIMP toolkit, and GTK is run by the GNOME foundation. There's quite a bit of relationship between GTK/GIMP/GNOME, even if it may be mostly historical these days. I've always considered GIMP to be a GNOME app, and most people I know have.
  - mgedmin 16y ago
    When the GNOME project was founded, they looked around for a widget toolkit, and found Gtk+, that was created for GIMP at that point.
- nailer 16y ago
  > There's no particular reason to expect it to conform to GNOME's human-interface guidelines, is there? How about 'not being weird?' Asides from the already mentioned historic background, GNOME is the most popular OSS Unix desktop.
jws 16y ago
Thanks for the Pixelmator reference. I've been a gimp user since its early days, but I can do without the irritants.