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Gnome uses Gtk; Gtk is the Gimp Toolkit. It was created for an image editing program. In a way funny that their file picker is missing such an feature one woul
by johannes1234321 6y ago
Gnome uses Gtk; Gtk is the Gimp Toolkit. It was created for an image editing program. In a way funny that their file picker is missing such an feature one would expect in an image editing program these days.
(From scrolling offer the discussion I can in parts see the architectural constraints they have and can image they have other priorities ...)
- trissylegs 6y agoIf you notice the dependcies: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gimp/ https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gimp/ GIMP still runs GTK 2. The version from ~10 years ago.
- pferde 6y agoThey're actually well on their way to switch to GTK3. I guess it takes a while. https://www.gimp.org/news/2020/11/06/gimp-2-99-2-released/ https://www.gimp.org/news/2020/11/06/gimp-2-99-2-released/
- Biganon 6y agoGIMP is also one of the most atrocious UX I've come across
- johannes1234321 6y agoAccording to Wikipedia[1] GtkFileChooser is from 2.4 in 2004. So that was designed more than 16 years ago. Not sure when Windows got the feature, but previews could have been thinkable then and machines powerful enough to handle it with some usable threshold. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK