[Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread Bill Skaggs
To keep the ball rolling, I thought it might be useful to show a copy of my current experimental version of a no-image-open window. Most features should be obvious from the picture, but a couple of notes: 1) The toolbar shows most of the things a user might want to do with no image open, but not

[Gimp-developer] GSOC 2008 ideas

2008-03-07 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi - here are the ideas listed again. I had trimmed down the previous list, as there are things that simply do not sound attractive enough for anyone to pick. Ideas for Gimp-python and the UF-Raw plug-in have been added. And we are still lacking mentors for pretty much everything else. :-)

[Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread Rick Yorgason
A couple thoughts: Has anybody come to a consensus about whether or not the no-image dialog should persist after an image is opened? Even for expert users, it might be useful to keep the no-image dialog open as a drop-target for opening more images, but I can also see how it would annoy some

Re: [Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread William Skaggs
Has anybody come to a consensus about whether or not the no-image dialog should persist after an image is opened? Actually, yes, the mere fact that it is called a no-image window means that a consensus has been reached. Your points are reasonable, but when there are several reasonable

Re: [Gimp-developer] GSOC 2008 ideas

2008-03-07 Thread Laxminarayan Kamath
== Integration of GHNS for GIMP == Though you can add more brushes, patterns, gradients can be added, Most users, not even pros usually add them off the internet. This is so as there is no architecture to quicky share/add from a centralized repository. This seriously limits sharing of resources

[Gimp-developer] Fwd: no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread Laxminarayan Kamath
Forwarding accidentally done personal reply. -- Forwarded message -- From: Laxminarayan Kamath [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:04:01 +0530 Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux To: Bill Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] About changing the menu .. Would the end user

Re: [Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread gg
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:02:40 +0100, William Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also for what it's worth, I've been a bit worried about including a toolbar like the one I showed, precisely because users who find it useful would want to have it available even after an image has been opened.

Re: [Gimp-developer] no-image-open redux

2008-03-07 Thread Laxminarayan Kamath
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:26 AM : Right-click : remove toolbar for those who find it superfluous a small [x] button on top right of the toolbar might be better. Most people are used to Right click == context menu behaviour. The toolbar disappearing