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GIMP is a perfect example of how the plot has been lost. Go to the download page: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ - A mac user

by tene80i 11mo ago

GIMP is a perfect example of how the plot has been lost. Go to the download page: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ - A mac user has FOUR equal priority download buttons to decide between, depending on chips and whether you want direct or torrent downloads. That is an absurd decision to put in front of 99% of computer users. For power users, no problem. But if the objective was ever to be mainstream, this is among the reasons why it isn't. There is just not enough focus on making it easy.

sznio 11mo ago
i honestly don't care if someone gets scared away by too many buttons. might be better for them since GIMP contains a lot more confusing buttons. photo-editing software will never be mainstream. I expect a person that works with media to be capable of picking the right download.
- dist-epoch 11mo ago
  Photo-editing software is mainstream, except it's done by non-professionsls on phones.
  - ghaff 11mo ago
    Or the phone just does "good enough" processing on its own without the user having to do anything else. I personally use Lightroom and have Photoshop as part of the same subscription but rarely use it. (And Lightroom can do most of what I need without a lot of intervention other than some cropping on my part.)
RobotToaster 11mo ago
Sounds like an apple issue, there's only three for windows, one being the MS store and most people are used to the idea of app stores thanks to phones. (I agree it's probably best to deemphasise the bittorrent button though)
- tene80i 11mo ago
  It's a website UX issue. If it were an apple issue, every website for apple software would have this problem, and they don't. Anyway, three equal priority options for Windows is also very bad, from a UX standpoint. Two is bad! The point is that there should be a recommendation. Unless it's fine to send many users away confused, in which case no problem!

by tene80i 11mo ago

sznio 11mo ago

i honestly don't care if someone gets scared away by too many buttons. might be better for them since GIMP contains a lot more confusing buttons. photo-editing software will never be mainstream. I expect a person that works with media to be capable of picking the right download.

dist-epoch 11mo ago
Photo-editing software is mainstream, except it's done by non-professionsls on phones.
- ghaff 11mo ago
  Or the phone just does "good enough" processing on its own without the user having to do anything else. I personally use Lightroom and have Photoshop as part of the same subscription but rarely use it. (And Lightroom can do most of what I need without a lot of intervention other than some cropping on my part.)

RobotToaster 11mo ago

Sounds like an apple issue, there's only three for windows, one being the MS store and most people are used to the idea of app stores thanks to phones. (I agree it's probably best to deemphasise the bittorrent button though)

tene80i 11mo ago
It's a website UX issue. If it were an apple issue, every website for apple software would have this problem, and they don't. Anyway, three equal priority options for Windows is also very bad, from a UX standpoint. Two is bad! The point is that there should be a recommendation. Unless it's fine to send many users away confused, in which case no problem!