Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting the recognition that GIMP deserves

[yahvuu <yahvuu gmail com>]

Hi Aleksandar,

Am 10.11.2011 07:34, schrieb Aleksandar Kovac:
> [..] I have noticed last year, as a part of a research, that
> among the users, there are GIMP 'monks' way up 'above' who seem to know
> every trick and loophole there is. Then, there are those brave initiates
> who try enthusiastically. Many of them don't stick for too long, but
> some do. And then there is a big, big void in the middle. That void is a
> result of low acceptance, I think. A problem you mentioned.
>
> The users 'in the middle' are a very important part of the ecosystem,
> since they usually produce the bulk of various outputs valuable for
> project. Artwork, feedback, ideas, inspirations, frustrations. The
> 'middle part' are the users who are not wizards neither newbies. They
> know how things are going and they can use them fairly well for what
> they're trying to create, and they are capable of voicing the praises
> and issues in a more-less intelligible fashion within the context. Since
> the focus of my research is elsewhere, I did not dig deeper into this,
> but the absence of 'those in the middle' when it comes to GIMP struck me
> an indication or a symptom that something's off.

interesting observation. To contrast with Alan Cooper's "perpetual 
intermediates", cited here by Jeff Atwood:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/10/defending-perpetual-intermediacy.html


best regards,
yahvuu