Re: [Gimp-developer] suggestion for new versions of GIMP

[Bogdan Szczurek <thebodzio gmail com>]

Hi!

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> I think it's more a call for some specific defaults than for ability
> to edit keyboard shortcuts.
>
> I can agree with that. I have some preferred shortcuts of my own which
> are not the default in GIMP, but definitely work better for me personally.

Personal shortcuts are a nice thing, but sensible default shortcuts are 
just as good.

> >  Don't take it as a challenge, but I was wondering for some time where
> >  these concepts really differ (from the user point of view).
>
> Non-destructive Adjustment Layers, for one (not present as of 2.6, but
> planned and coming). The last time I used a Photoshop it seemed like all
> color/brightness adjustments could only be done via Layers, which was a
> major stumbling block for me because I couldn't find any way to do those
> same adjustments directly upon the layer.

I'm not sure if I can understand you correctly but Ps have them too.

Gee… it smells like trolling of me ;) still… not intended.

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>  > > I could easily write a blog post stating why I feel GIMP is in position
>  > > to be a better program than photoshop for most people in ten years
> time.
>  > > Summarised it would be: It's focus is smaller and targetted to what
>  > > counts,
>  >
>  > This "narrow focus" is a double edged blade. And, as for what "counts"
>  > it's highly subjective matter.
>
> Indeed, very much so. I have to roll my eyes every time I hear the "free
> software does not 'compete' with commercial software" argument getting
> rolled out in a discussion because it does.

Does or doesn't depends on what one expects from software. License may 
or may not be relevant here.

> At least terms of its
> general capabilities because otherwise there is no reason for users to
> want the free option to begin with. Even so, users also end up making
> "squeaky wheel" comparisons about the little subtleties that don't
> affect its overall capabilities, but nonetheless differ between products.
>
> Like one thing I currently wish for: Grouping the Brushes lists by
> 'brush family', very analogous to the idea of grouping fonts by font family.

Extrapolating that I hope to see the GIMP in the near future _only_ as 
some specific GUI project.

Bless
thebodzio