[luau] Dvorak: Is Linux your Next OS?

[cpaul at telemetrybox.org]

Well, the fact of the matter is that the Gimp is not nearly up to par with Photoshop.  

Don't flame me, it's the truth.  I don't know a single graphic artist who prefers the Gimp -- myself included. 





On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:16:50AM -1000, Ray Strode wrote:
> >
> >
> >I agree that Gimp is very powerful and good right now, but its interface is
> >so unintuitive so graphic designers and normal users are immediately turned
> >off unless someon shows them the basics.
> >
> ??? Warren you are a smart guy, but anyone whose used photoshop could use
> gimp within 20-30 minutes.  All the windows including the tool box and the
> layers dialog are nearly identical to photoshops.
> 
> > I personally don't like the MDI-like window navigation, and I much prefer 
> >
> >the model used by Adobe Photoshop.
> >
> You don't make any sense; both Gimp and Adobe use MDI.  The only difference
> is Photoshop uses a Window-in-Window interface (and it didn't used to 
> btw).  
> There was a lot of usability testing on the GNOME front about the 
> different types
> of MDI, and Window-in-Window was judged the poorest kind.  W-in-W MDI also
> doesn't lend itself to be window manager independent, because it 
> requires special
> support from the window manager to look integrated or no support from 
> the window
> manager and no integration either.  
> 
> > I suspect it shouldn't be too hard to modify Gimp to make it
> >more like Photoshop in layout, but nobody feels like doing it so it never
> >got done.
> >
> FUD