Re: [Gimp-developer] wilber in the toolbar

[gfxuser <gfx user online de>]

Am 12.05.12 10:02, schrieb Alexandre Prokoudine:
> Hi,
>
> AFAIK, our reasoning for presenting tools' options in a vertically
> oriented dockable dialog in the sidebar is that we care about vertical
> space.
>
> If we do care about it, is there a reason we add a Wilber logo to the
> top of the toolbar? I've been hearing questions how to remove it for a
> couple of years already, and that tells me that users also care about
> vertical space.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org
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Hi Alexandre,
IMO the Wilber logo is currently not obsolete. Its purpose is to drag 
and drop files on it to open them in GIMP. This can also be done by 
dragging files onto the canvas. But AFAIK this only works with an empty 
canvas.
The technical easiest way to get more vertical space would be an option 
in Preferences/Toolbox/Appearance to show the Wilber logo. This would 
also match the product vision (' GIMP is user-configurable to automate 
repetitive tasks').
Another space saving solution: the 'Images' dialog could be made a drag 
and drop target and have an one click option to always stick in the 
foreground. Dragging an image into the dialogs empty space or an icon in 
its bottom bar would open the image. Dragging an image onto another 
image in the dialog would open it as a new layer. This had the following 
advantages for the users:
- they could then minimize the GIMPs main window(s) and toolbar to get 
more space on the screen
- they would still have a drag and drop target in the foreground 
wherever they want
- they would be able to open an image with just one click into the 
'Images' dialog

I think, GIMP usage should be made as easy as possible, to get rid of 
its long-year bad 'GIMP is too complicated'-image.

Best regards,

grafxuser