Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP System Requirements

[Jay Smith <jay JaySmith com>]

On 10/23/2013 05:52 PM, C R wrote:
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> With GIMP, you just download it and try it out to see if it fits your
> needs. There is no consumer risk involved with doing this....

While I am in agreement with virtually everything you have said...
I beg to differ with the point about "no consumer risk".  Over the 
years, I have "lost" days of my life to such "try it and see if it works 
for me" situations.  To _me_ there is a very high "consumer risk".  I 
know that nothing is perfect and even paying lots of money usually does 
not mean that there is "no consumer risk" in terms of time.  However, if 
(ha!) I knew FOR SURE (ha!) in advance that my choice was a) a couple of 
days of testing and struggling vs b) paying a few hundred dollars, I 
would rather pay the few hundred dollars.

> Maybe someone can toss together a benchmarking plugin that takes some
> sample images, and processes them in various ways and produces a "user
> experience" rating...

That is a really good idea.  It would be even more useful if combined 
that with a web page where testers then post their results in a very 
structured manner including information about their specific hardware, 
etc.  Thus other potential users can see in advance how a specific Gimp 
version works in a specific environment.  (Or are there still too many 
variables?)

Jay