Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread SorinN
;) indeed funny problem ... I remember the time when Adobe Photoshop was not better than Corel Photopaint and Illustrator was way below Corel Draw (around Corel Suite 6) - then companring the perfect logic (and very flexible) GUI from Corel Suite (not to mention general app. settings full of

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread C R
> > I decided against sugarcoating for a reason: this is exactly what > unhappy users tell us. Verbatim. That seems more like a reason NOT to put it on the site. ;) -C ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:08 PM, C R wrote: > Small phrase-change recommendation: > > I dislike this like in the FAQ: > "Why can’t you just copy Adobe Photoshop to make GIMP usable?" > > Reason: GIMP is not the least bit unusable, and this question makes it sound > like the general consensus is

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread C R
Small phrase-change recommendation: I dislike this like in the FAQ: "Why can’t you just copy Adobe Photoshop to make GIMP usable?" Reason: GIMP is not the least bit unusable, and this question makes it sound like the general consensus is it's garbageware. ;P Recommended re-phrase: Why can’t you

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread Pat David
http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#are-you-trying-to-develop-a-photoshop-killer-app On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:24 AM Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > Like it or not - GIMP is an alternative program to (and

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-30 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Like it or not - GIMP is an alternative program to (and in much the same niche > as) Adobe Photoshop. We should be aiming to make people use GIMP (or a > different > open-source program) instead of or at least in addition to Photoshop. So

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-29 Thread C R
Hi Shlomi Fish. Thanks for weighing in on it. I do not feel the GIMP project is a company in the sense that the quote you've posted suggests. I feel we are more a community of content contributors, users, and developers. For example, the GIMP project is not subject to the same market forces as a

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-29 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all, my email to the list did not arrive, so I'm sending it again while excluding all hyperlinks. Regards, Shlomi Fish Hi C R! See below for my response: On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:26:14 +0100 C R wrote: > > > > To C.R.: I think your proposed change to the

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-27 Thread C R
> > To C.R.: I think your proposed change to the download page (adding"93 MB" > just above the download button for GIMP for Windows) is easy, simple, and > clear. I recommend it highly! > We used to list the file size on the download buttons. Apparently the feature didn't get added to the new

Re: [Gimp-developer] re. suggestions

2016-03-27 Thread mailrea...@juno.com
Subject: re. suggestions Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:32:44 GMT To C.R.: I think your proposed change to the download page (adding"93 MB" just above the download button for GIMP for Windows) is easy, simple, and clear. I recommend it highly! To Alex: What do I suggest you do about it? I