Re: Re: A sad day for me

[IFo Hancroft <lists ifohancroft com>]

Thank you for the suggestion.
I'd check out digiKam.
I still want to use Eye Of Gnome though.
Do you think there is a chance for what I suggested (the old menu being 
selectable as a replacement of the new one via the preferences for example)?

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> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:32:38 +0200
> From: IFo Hancroft <lists ifohancroft com>
> To: eog-list gnome org
> Subject: A sad day for me
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> 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
>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:00:20 -0500
> From: Alan Pater <alan pater gmail com>
> To: eog-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: A sad day for me
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> As someone getting seriously into photography, you might want to check out
> digikam.
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