Re: [Gimp-user] program crashes

["Owen Cook" <owen cook gmx com>]

I don't use Windows, but this seems to be an eternal problem.

So I set about going through the motions of downloading a windows version 

   Start at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

   Then "Show other downloads" 

   Then "Windows"

Comment: This assumes that if a Windows version is not in the main listing, it must be in "Other downloads"
I do not believe this to be user friendly to Windows users, particularly as they probably make up 80% of 
users?

But then having got to the Windows section, the first line reads;

   The Windows installer packages by Jernej Simončič are distributed from the
   GIMP HTTP server (download.gimp.org) and its mirror servers

Comment: Clicking on download.gimp.org presents a directory listing. 
I could imagine Windows users rolling over to die at this point! But continuing it then offers first a torrent

   Download GIMP 2.8.14 <<---Link to torrent
   If the torrent download doesn't work, you can also follow this link<<--link to exe file.


It's no wonder users attempting to download gimp end up with infected programs which are probably easier to 
access from a Google search.

So that's my rant, my suggestion to the keeper of the download page is to put the Windows version at the top;


   GIMP for Windows
    Torrent link
    program link


FWIW



Owen


> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 at 9:29 AM
> From: "Pat David" <patdavid gmail com>
> To: SportShots <forums gimpusers com>, gimp-user-list gnome org
> Cc: notifications gimpusers com
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] program crashes
>
> Could you clarify what you mean by GIMP website _then_ gimpusers.com?
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:19 AM SportShots <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
>
> > > Where did you download GIMP from? What OS are you running? What were
> > > you
> > > doing just before it showed you this error?
> >
> > GIMP website then gimpusers.com
> > Windows 7 PRO
> > I was adding a new layer to an image (I already had multiple layers)