Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

[maderios <maderios gmail com>]

On 02/20/2013 01:26 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 09:47:10PM +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> > I don't use the word flippantly, but it seems odd to me how many users seem
> > to feel devs owe them something (explanations, time, respect). Where's that
> > entitlement come from?
>
> In open source, developers and users should be on the same side. Many times,
> there is some "flow" between the two groups. With commercial software, the
> relationship is explicitly one of commerce and market dynamics. With open
> source, when functional at least, the whole community is important.
>
> So, while you certainly get a number of obnoxious people with an
> over-wrought sense of entitlement, not all feedback along these lines is
> that way. I share what I think not because I can't work around it, but
> because the new "enforced" workflow is more difficult for me and I think
> more difficult for others, to the detriment of the software as a whole. I
> don't presume any right to demand anything, but designers and developers who
> don't listen to their engaged, active, and concerned users are missing
> something valuable. If the same thing keeps coming up over and over again to
> the point where everyone is tired of it and very frustrated, maybe it's time
> to step back and rethink a little bit.
>
> Someone a while ago had the suggestion of building "sidecar" files with the
> entire undo history of an image. As storage space continues to increase,
> that sounds like a very promising path providing best of all worlds.
>
> I mean, sure, the developers are perfectly fine in saying "no, we're gonna
> do it this way", but it's also short-sighted to say "and stop giving
> feedback". It seems better to say "We did it this way for reasons x, y, and
> z, but we recognize that what you're asking isn't like the broken spacebar
> comic. You have options a and b now, and we're thinking about some even
> better approaches in the future."
>
> That's not a sign of weakness.

I completely agree with your comment

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