[gimp-web/testing] 2018 report: finish the usability part, move zemarmot plans to where other plans are listed



commit 5917454686c3eeb2cab2989b92865fb76243417f
Author: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>
Date:   Fri Dec 28 09:49:59 2018 +0000

    2018 report: finish the usability part, move zemarmot plans to where other plans are listed

 content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md | 25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md b/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
index 43149b87..a5bb61e3 100644
--- a/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
+++ b/content/news/2018-12_annual_report/index.md
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ icons, brushes, and more.
 </figcaption>
 </figure>
 
-**Animation and painting.** *ZeMarmot* project (which can be supported
-on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot) or
-[Tipeee](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot)) is also planning to focus
-a bit more on better canvas interactions, as well as animation support
-improvements, starting from merging existing work.
-
 **Performance and async jobs.** There are several attack vectors towards subpar
 performance of GIMP. Ell fixed some of the big issues by introducing async
 operations like lazy loading of fonts (which effectively fixed the long startup
@@ -134,6 +128,12 @@ We are also planning the first unstable release of GIMP that will have version
 2.99.2 will be completion of another set of color management improvements that
 we started recently.
 
+*ZeMarmot* project (which can be supported on
+[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot) or
+[Tipeee](https://www.patreon.com/zemarmot)) is also planning to focus a bit more
+on better canvas interactions, as well as animation support improvements,
+starting from merging existing work.
+
 On the GEGL and babl front, we expect to continue working towards better CMYK
 support and performance.
 
@@ -141,8 +141,11 @@ support and performance.
 
 There are many ways you can contribute to making GIMP better.
 
-**Usability.** FIXME If you are a UX student interested in participating, please
-contact us. We also welcome contributions improving the design of symbolic icons.
+**Usability.** Historically, GIMP has been created by programmers rather than UI
+designers. Although we don't have the manpower to implement every single
+proposal, we do appreciated structured proposals, explaining a problem and
+suggesting ways to fix it. We also welcome contributions improving the design of
+symbolic icons which have their usability issues.
 
 **User manual.** Currently, most of the original writing is done by a single
 person, so the user manual is not yet complete to cover all changes in the
@@ -190,18 +193,12 @@ Michael Natterer, who share a nearly equal percentage of commits and spend more
 or less the same amount of time hacking on the code. Additional contributions
 came from Simon Budig, Massimo Valentini, Ono Yoshio, and others.
 
-FIXME CHART?
-
 Øyvind Kolås, Ell, and Debarshi Ray are major developers of GEGL. Additional
 contributions came from Thomas Manni, Félix Piédallu, Simon Budig, and others.
 
-FIXME CHART?
-
 Most of the work on babl in 2018 was done by Øyvind Kolås, with contributions
 from Félix Piédallu and Debarshi Rey.
 
-FIXME CHART?
-
 We thank Julien Hardelin for his tireless work on the user manual and all the
 translators who contribute their updates. We also thank Elle Stone on her
 insight into all things color management and contributions to making GIMP play


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