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This is exactly why it has been forked under a less-passive-aggressive name, Glimpse[0]. If GIMP implements these, Glimpse eventualy will get them, too. [0] ht

This is exactly why it has been forked under a less-passive-aggressive name, Glimpse[0]. If GIMP implements these, Glimpse eventualy will get them, too. [0] https://glimpse-editor.github.io/ https://glimpse-editor.github.io/

Lammy 6y ago
That's cool, but they could really stand to spend some more time on the introductory screenshot to give unfamiliar users a better idea of just what Glimpse is and why they might want to download it. There just seems to be the one with the UI zoomed out so far as to be indistinguishable. It's such a wasted opportunity to showcase additional features, too, like adding a floating salad bowl to show that they were also capable of forking the "Layers" functionality.
esperent 6y ago
I don't think passive aggressive is the right description for the name... It's just plain bad. Who wants to think of related sexual fetishists when performing image manipulation? Glimpse is much better. Is there any chance the name will get officially changed?
- dgellow 6y ago
  Nobody thinks of sexual fetishism when editing something with GIMP. Nobody thinks of the word “chrome” when using Chrome, or of a literal window when using Windows, or of a literal docker ship when using Docker.
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    Nope, but when someone asks me IRL, at work say, "you're into FOSS what are your most used graphics tools" then I'm not mentioning The GIMP (which I've used for, what, 15 years). Glimpse is a good name, though I never got why they couldn't just call it GNU Imp - Wilber might as well be an Imp.
  - esperent 6y ago
    However, nearly every person that I've ever introduced this piece of software to does think of sexual fetishism and most make a joke about it. Sure, if they start to use it regularly the association will fade, but first impressions are important.

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This is exactly why it has been forked under a less-passive-aggressive name, Glimpse[0]. If GIMP implements these, Glimpse eventualy will get them, too. [0] ht

by phoe-krk 6y ago

Lammy 6y ago
That's cool, but they could really stand to spend some more time on the introductory screenshot to give unfamiliar users a better idea of just what Glimpse is and why they might want to download it. There just seems to be the one with the UI zoomed out so far as to be indistinguishable. It's such a wasted opportunity to showcase additional features, too, like adding a floating salad bowl to show that they were also capable of forking the "Layers" functionality.
esperent 6y ago
I don't think passive aggressive is the right description for the name... It's just plain bad. Who wants to think of related sexual fetishists when performing image manipulation? Glimpse is much better. Is there any chance the name will get officially changed?
- dgellow 6y ago
  Nobody thinks of sexual fetishism when editing something with GIMP. Nobody thinks of the word “chrome” when using Chrome, or of a literal window when using Windows, or of a literal docker ship when using Docker.
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    Nope, but when someone asks me IRL, at work say, "you're into FOSS what are your most used graphics tools" then I'm not mentioning The GIMP (which I've used for, what, 15 years). Glimpse is a good name, though I never got why they couldn't just call it GNU Imp - Wilber might as well be an Imp.
  - esperent 6y ago
    However, nearly every person that I've ever introduced this piece of software to does think of sexual fetishism and most make a joke about it. Sure, if they start to use it regularly the association will fade, but first impressions are important.