Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-06 Thread peter sikking
Sven Neumann wrote: > Michael Grosberg wrote: >> My second suggestion - I think it was discussed before - is to >> switch the >> functionality of the "add layer" button in the layers menu, at >> least as >> an option: >> click will create a new empty layer, shift-click will open the new >> l

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 18:45 +0530, Laxminarayan Kamath wrote: > > Cant this be implemented like the playlist buttons in XMMS/Winamp ? I > mean the tiny triangle which users intuitively take as "There are more > options!". > We are talking about showing a dialog or not showing a dialog. I

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-05 Thread Laxminarayan Kamath
On Nov 5, 2007 1:04 AM, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am concerned that we are hiding important functionality here and that > most users will never figure out how to get the dialog in case they > should need it. But since even the UI team seems to suggest that we do > this cha

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 17:39 -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote: > It sounds simple enough. Any hints as to how it should look? Would the Tools > dialog be added to the bottom of the Toolbox preference tab as a scrollable > area or should it be at the top? It could be in a scrolled window or, if tha

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-04 Thread Kevin Cozens
Sven Neumann gimp.org> writes: > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 13:16 +, Michael Grosberg wrote: >> The first is to take, if possible, the "tools" dialog, and incorporate it >> into the "toolbox" tab in the preferences. Then remove the tools dialog as >> a separate dialog. > That's reasonable and it

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-04 Thread Michael Grosberg
Sven Neumann gimp.org> writes: > > Hi, > > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 13:16 +, Michael Grosberg wrote: > > > The first is to take, if possible, the "tools" dialog, and incorporate it > > into the "toolbox" tab in the preferences. Then remove the tools dialog as > > a separate dialog. > > Tha

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-04 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 13:16 +, Michael Grosberg wrote: > The first is to take, if possible, the "tools" dialog, and incorporate it > into the "toolbox" tab in the preferences. Then remove the tools dialog as > a separate dialog. That's reasonable and it has been suggested before. Just

Re: [Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-04 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 13:16 +, Michael Grosberg wrote: > My third suggestion - and this is based on personal experience - is to > return the "transient dialog" option, not just as an option but as a > default if possible. This option still exists, see the gimprc man-page. I would like

[Gimp-developer] Suggestions for 2.6: hopefully not very difficult

2007-11-04 Thread Michael Grosberg
I just have a couple of small suggestions, whose aim is to streamline the UI a little bit. The first is to take, if possible, the "tools" dialog, and incorporate it into the "toolbox" tab in the preferences. Then remove the tools dialog as a separate dialog. my reasoning, and correct me if I'm