Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

["Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978 gmail com>]

On 07/19/13 22:25, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr wrote:
<snip>
> > Everyone works differently. The old way of save/save as worked just fine.
> > There was NOTHING wrong with it.
>
> There was nothing wrong with it _for you_. You cannot forbid other
> opinions on the matter to exist.

That is essentially what is happening here, though.

> > I'd say from the number of people who keep contributing to these sorts of
> > threads asking for the old way of doing things, it's more than 15 unhappy
> > people. As for those others, I'm sure if they felt it would change anything,
> > more of them would complain.
>
> That's the thing: you are sure, but you don't really know. Discussing
> assumptions is a) boring, b) counterproductive.
>
> > else meets my needs. Windows isn't secure or stable enough. MSO sucks in
> > comparison to LibreOffice (the only thing I use MSO for is Avery templates
> > as they have never worked 100% properly in OO or LO).
>
> There's dedicated software for that, you know. Like Glabels :)

I have no idea what that is.

> > > The request for a preferences checkbox _is_ understood. And
> > > respectfully rejected.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > If it was really understood, I don't think you all (the dev's) would be so
> > quick to reject it (respectfully or otherwise).
>
> That's arguing for arguing's sake.

Is it really?

> > I really do not see how this new way is so much better EXCEPT when
> > working with new images created /in/ The GIMP (which I do from time to
> > time).
>
> Just a few hours ago I opened half a dozen of existing images (not
> even made by me), did some color correction and cropping, used Liquid
> Rescale in a few cases to further improve composition, then added
> captions, saved XCFs (soo that I can fix things later, which I do) and
> exported JPGs.
>
> You don't have to understand _why_ people do that sort of thing. You
> only need to accept that people _actually do it_, and it makes sense
> to them.

I do accept that people work like that. How many people have already 
commented, though, that they don't?

> I have one last question to you. You've already heard that nothing's
> going to change. What are you trying to accomplish by arguing anyway?

Because I don't think anyone is actually listening, that's why.

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Joseph A Nagy Jr
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