Re: [Usability] GIMP - CSDI and Toolbox - gnome HiG and window manager issue?

[Marek Peteraj <marpet naex sk>]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 18:01, Nadyne Mielke wrote:
> At 08:11 AM 6/14/2004, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> >On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 04:42, Steve Hall wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > > Too many exposed tools and options is one of the first indications
> > > that the UI is broken.
> >?
> >Same thing in Photoshop. Don't tell me as a professional user that
> >fishing for options in menus is what makes your work more comfortable.
> 
> What works for one application may not work for another application, 
> especially one with a very different user audience.  

Both gimp and photoshop share exactly the same target group.

> It's 
> disingenious, and potentially disasterous, to wave your hand at one 
> application and say that they're doing it so it must be okay.

Gimp is the only oss application i know of that uses CSDI and ulilizes
that model in order to suit the needs of professionals. We're talking
about UI and  usability here, please do not talk about CMYK etc.
functionality. Besides, this project is still evolving.

The problem here is that the HiG encourages SDI/MDI as the ultimate
solution which for professional 2D graphics applications in general is
wrong.

Marek