>and a commendable (though not unimpugnable) humility from developers who (finally) found the wherewithal to put the user experience before FOSS dogma or their

>and a commendable (though not unimpugnable) humility from developers who (finally) found the wherewithal to put the user experience before FOSS dogma or their own ambitions. That's just what I was getting at when comparing Blender to GIMP in this other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38235871 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38235871 >All of these ideas could be applied to Gimp too, of course, but I've found the Blender developers to be much more open to entertaining other people's ideas and contributions about user interface design than the Gimp developers, who have been historically NIH-limited and stubborn (especially about changing the name to something less offensive to the general public). At least Blender already supports pie menus well, and changed the default mouse bindings in response to user demand, and has made huge strides in usability lately. At this point I think it would be much easier to just add a great image editor to Blender, integrated with its video editor, than try to change the minds of the Gimp developers. [...] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232543 >>Blender has something else. Loads of money compared to Gimp. >Blender EARNED every cent of its loads of money be being RESPONSIVE TO ITS USERS.