Re: [Gimp-developer] file open and create

[Christopher Curtis <ccurtis0 gmail com>]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:

What if there was only File->Open and you got a file chooser (as now)
but with a tabbed interface (or buttons) to get to

We had a similar discussion back in August 2010.

VLC uses a tabbed interface for "Open" (http://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu-sfd-vlc.html) and while it works, I'm not sure it would be simplifying.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:07 AM, peter sikking <peter mmiworks net> wrote:

is the root of all this evil for Laim that Create does not
express New file enough?

For me, the problem is that "Create > Screenshot" and "Create > From Clipboard" make no sense.  It is not that "Create" doesn't express "New", it's that "Create" expresses an action that is going to start with Nothing and then Invent Something.  "Paste" and "Scan" do not fit this role.

My suggestion from back then still seems reasonable to me:

File -v-

 New ->

   From Template...   [Ctrl+N]

   From Clipboard      [Shift+Ctrl+V]

   Scanned Image...

   Screenshot...

 Create ->

   Buttons ->

   [etc]

Chris