A sad day for me

[IFo Hancroft <lists ifohancroft com>]

Hello,

Yesterday I have checked the new UI of Eye of GNOME and I am very sad to say
that what used to be application I loved using for 10+ years and wanted 
to have on every device
and every OS is no longer. I no longer feel the joy of using it and it 
no longer suits me.

I loved the menu and it was very good for me. (I am not using the 
keyboard shortcuts, except for left and right and to start the slideshow).
Now I can't really do what I needed the most, specially now that I am 
getting into photography I would constantly need the feature to show a 
picture in 100% and it is no longer easy to do so, sometimes even 
impossible.

It is confusing, hard and counter-intuitive that the menu no longer 
exists and features from it are all over the place.
I have not tried the new EOG on many Desktop Environments but as a heavy 
KDE user I can say that the zoom slider that is activated by clicking on 
a + sign, doesn't always work.

Please, bring the old menu back.
Have the new one, yes. Even if as a default, but please provide a simple 
check box in preferences to bring the old one as it was.

Maybe something like:

Menu Style:
- "Simplistic"/new/etc
- Old/Classic

I don't want to offend anyone. I know you are all probably very exited 
about the new look and have put a lot of work into it. It does look good 
visually, yes.
That is not what I was after however.
I loved Eye of Gnome because it was simple, easy to use, and had all the 
features I needed (even features I didn't think of, before I started 
using Eye of Gnome) in one place.
That way it looked amazing to me.

The new UI and the fact that there is no option to get the old one back 
(and I didn't even see a customization option for the current one) (in a 
Linux/Free Software application, where things should be about Freedom 
and Choice) and that I've been using it and loving it for maybe even 10 
years and what I loved about it is gone, really saddens me.

Please, I don't want to have to look for another image viewer.
I loved how Eye of Gnome was showing as Image Viewer in the menu because 
for me it was THE Image Viewer.

Please get back the old menu as a choosable replacement for the current 
one, somewhere in preferences.

I promise that if you do, you'd have me as a happy user for many more 
years to come and I'd do everything I can to help the project and 
contribute to it. I'd even try to learn new skills just for the reason 
to be able to help the project more.

Best Regards,
IFo Hancroft