Re: [Gimp-developer] features

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Jason Simanek wrote:

>>> 8) file browser (like bridge) to classify, tag, organize, photos.
>>
>> Do not want :)
>
> I agree with Mr. Prokoudine, Alexia Death and Gespertino. This functionality
> most likely isn't going to be incorporated into Gimp. In fact, it's an odd
> request since Adobe didn't incorporate it into Photoshop either, it built
> two additional programs.
>
> I can't quite grasp why Bridge and LightTable are two separate applications,

Um, you mean Lightroom?

> but as a professional designer I've never used or seen any of my peers use
> them. However, it seems like applications like DarkTable and Shotwell are
> already very good open source equivalents for the Adobe products.

As a matter of fact Jon Cruz of Inkscape fame started working on a
Bridge-like application a while ago, but I don't think he ever
finished it.

Apps like Bridge are quite useful if you use clipart a lot, especially
when such an application supports public APIs from online stock
photography sellers, which means you search for what you need in just
one place.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org