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I agree that there is a dedicated following of GIMP who "love/prefer" the GIMP's GUI with its floating image and tool bars all over the screen, rather than the single dedicated screen of Photoshop and its contained toolbars. However, I am one of the many who candidly dislike the GIMP's GUI, but praise everything that the GIMP stands for and am the first to admit that it is a great/brilliant piece of software. My thoughts are that in order to get more users, you simply have to offer a Photoshop-like interface. So: offer a clear cut button on the tool bar which toggles between Classic GIMP GUI and Photoshop-like GUI.....all things to all comers and people like myself would be much happier. Let's face it, Photoshop is the standard at present and that's what the majority of users are therefore happy with.......pander if you must, but at least get them to put their toes in the water..and a GUI similar to Photoshop is the way to go.

As regards splitting...go for it.

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