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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 i
by 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 agoNobody 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 agoNope, 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 agoHowever, 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.