Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

[Daniel Hauck <daniel yacg com>]

On 01/15/2014 12:47 AM, Bob Long wrote:
> Sorry, I don't follow... Why can't you simply open a .png file in GIMP 
> 2.8 that was created earlier (and then close it, without any prompts, 
> if you've made no changes)? 

It's simple, really.  GiMP has an image problem.  Like so many other 
F/OSS projects, people out there think of it as a toy because it doesn't 
cost a whole lot of money and doesn't have a giant name behind it.  (You 
know, like Cisco or VMware -- both of which base their products on 
Linux, a F/OSS "toy".)  So in order to fight that perception, the 
project must adopt a philosophy that every action done with GiMP is a 
"project" and that the [professional] user's data must be guarded 
against the user's own mistakes at every possible moment.

GiMP is not an "image viewer."  GiMP is not a simple image manipulation 
program.  It is a serious project tool which must have a workflow which 
reflects that.  Otherwise people will not take it or its contributors 
seriously.  This is about ego, not about simplicity or convenience or 
efficiency.