Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP name, icon and general graphic look

[Ross Martinek <triarius12 gmail com>]

Maurizio, I have no hair left, my beard is white  🎅🏻 , and I’m not trying to discourage you—some people are 
more sensitive than I, or apparently you, for that matter. :-)

You too,

Ross
Fellow Emeritus, John Adams Society
“Obnoxious, disliked, and always first in line to be hanged."

> On Oct 22, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Maurizio Paglia <mpaglia0 gmail com> wrote:
>
> Ross, my hair are almost white, I am sorry but you need a bigger effort in order to discourage me 😊
> Have a nice evening.
> Maurizio
>
> Il 22 ott 2017 19:36, "Ross Martinek" <triarius12 gmail com <mailto:triarius12 gmail com>> ha scritto:
> Alex,
>
> I said I was an old curmudgeon. ;^] It’s only my opinion, based on my experience, not wisdom from on high, 
> and while strongly held, I’ve no objection to being shown I’m in error, or that my conclusions aren’t 
> supported by your or others’ data (as you did.)
>
> If you are talking about my comments on documentation, I really do identify and sympathize with those 
> creating this delightful tool: writing documentation of something one understands thoroughly is very 
> difficult, in part because of the very expertise needed to do so. It often feels as if one is stating the 
> blatantly obvious, over and over again. I have all too much experience with that, and the other 
> frustrations inherent in the process.
>
> I did not intend to denigrate the free, online documentation that exists, only to say that it could be 
> better. If developers are going to work on something besides development, I think that is a better use of 
> time. By comparison with other, similar, open source programs, GIMP’s  is better than many, if not most. It 
> gets one off to a good start.
>
> I hesitated to mention a commercial product which actually does a good job of documentation. I have found 
> The Book of GIMP, by LeCarme and Delvare to be an invaluable resource in learning GIMP. It’s expensive, but 
> the software is free, and the book costs far less than most graphics programs (or at least it did when I 
> bought it.) (Shameless plug, and no, I don’t get anything for it.)
>
> As for marketing, if that is a concern, the way Literature and Latte markets their products might be worth 
> a look. Scrivener, their writing app, is phenomenal. It isn’t free, like GIMP, but it is very affordable. 
> Would I pay the price of Scrivener for GIMP? As my physics prof was fond of saying, “That’s not only 
> obvious, it’s an obvious, obvious.”
>
> And Maurizio, I also appreciate your enthusiasm. I just think it’s slightly misplaced. Don’t let my 
> stentorian objections discourage you.
>
> Ross
>
>
> > On Oct 22, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com <mailto:alexandre 
> > prokoudine gmail com>> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Ross Martinek wrote:
> >
> > > While there may be some PS features
> > > not available (yet?) in GIMP, the only advantage of PS I see is its
> > > documentation.
> >
> > Ross, I appreciate your loyalty to the project, but you aren't making
> > any friends right now :)))
> >
> > Alex
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