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> From: liam holoweb net > To: forums gimpusers com > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 19:21:20 -0400 > CC: team gimpusers com; gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Thank you developers, for your patience. > > On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 12:23 +0200, eduperez wrote: > > In my humble opinion, the "quid" of the question regarding the new > > save / export policy, relies on the fact that the new behaviour > > reflects a change in the intended audience for the project: the old > > "load JPEG + edit + save JPEG" serves perfectly to a casual user, who > > just needs a very basic image editor; while the new "import JPEG + > > edit + save XCF + export JPEG" matches the flow of a power user, who > > uses GIMP to the full of its capabilities. > > I think if gimp had file->import that might be clearer. > The save/export spec to which the developers attest specifically requires that the Open command remain able to open all formats and not be restricted to just XCF. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |