Hi, On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:53 AM, peter sikking <pe...@mmiworks.net> wrote: > Sven, > > I appreciate that you want to mediate to make things go forward. > >> Srihari has brought up this topic often and informed about >> the progress. Many people, including Peter, joined the >> discussion and the purpose was already discussed. >> So, many things are not really new. > > as things stand right now, the biggest thing that is wrong > with TITo is that there seems to be no underlying purpose. > lacking this it is a rather jumbled combination of features, > which exactly expresses this purposelessness. > > if the purpose of TITo is so clear, then tell me what it is, > including a few words why it is valuable for GIMP users. > > (anybody can contribute to this, it is just that > Srihari and Jehan have to the final say on this definition, > that is the right they earned by putting in the bulk of the > code contribution)
Well I did already answer this. The "action search" tool is a... search tool. This allows to search for and run commands in a natural way (with natural language text). This is none of the 2 other hypothesis you thought. As for use cases, most other people in this thread exposed their own experience with searching tools, plugins and filters in GIMP. There is not much to add. I am the same, I always search various tools, which I know exist but can't find anymore. And I use this exact same feature daily, as said earlier, to search programs in my desktop OS (apparently I read there is even the same feature in Windows start menu too), or in Firefox. And that's damn useful. Moreover this tool really does not go in the way of anyone. If you don't want to use it, it won't bother the user. It won't change a thing and you could go for years without ever running it and have the exact same experience as now. But for anyone who likes text search (which is really the way many UIs go since the appearance of web search engines), this can be a very nice tool. So I really don't see why you would block the feature to go forward. Thanks. Jehan > I give you an example, so you know what I am asking for: > > ‘the Undo system is valuable to GIMP users because it > allows them to proceed without fear (of doing something wrong).’ > > you see I defined Undo not by its functionality, but > by what it means to users. > > > people have already asked me: ‘just say what should be changed > about TITo.’ > > I can tell you, once I know what it should be. > > > --ps > > founder + principal interaction architect > man + machine interface works > > http://blog.mmiworks.net: on interaction architecture > > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
