Re: [Gimp-developer] file open and create

[peter sikking <peter mmiworks net>]

Srihari Sriraman wrote:

> How about:
> 
> Import from
>   URI
>   clipboard
>   webpage
>   xsane device dialog
>   xsane epkowa:usb:003:002
>   xsane v4l:'dev'video0
> 
> and 
> 
> Create
>   Buttons
>   Logos
>   Pattern

the word Import is, again, related to Open, and that is exactly
not how it works (for users, mind).

so this should not be communicated.

always, always, always the word New needs to be there,
or to be implied (like it is with Create).

> File->Create is not related at all to File->Open.
> 
> it is related to File->New.
> 
> it is New with the size (and maybe other) parameters set,
> and the specified content (which is always _not_ a file)
> in the first layer.

    --ps

        founder + principal interaction architect
            man + machine interface works

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