The only reason all the first time gimp users were confused is that they are used to applications that have a single window. There is simply no real reason why a single window would be any better than several windows. As a matter of fact, I hate most applications with MDI interface, (especially the ones that have all those small "windows" constrained within one large window, that's possibly the most braindead design I have ever seen). There are cases where a MDI interface of a sort makes sense, though pretty much the only one I can think of right now is a text editor with multiple buffers visible.
IMNSHO, there is nothing wrong with gimp interface, except perhaps few small details. One think I wish for is a way for a window manager to recognize different types of gimp windows. AFAIK there is no easy way to do window matching on tearoff menus etc.
About a unified user interface for gimp, inkscape and scribus, I cannot see any reason why. Of course I would be very glad to see more cooperation among the three programs, like for example respecting or even taking advantage of each others meta-data, or things like being able to cut a path from inkscape and paste it into a gimp window, but trying to make the three programs look and work the same is about as stupid as trying to design a "common user inteface" for screwdriver, hamer and pliers. They are three different tools, with different purposes, what's so strange about the idea that they must be handled differently?
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Re:What is wrong with the GIMP interface?
Posted by: lahvak on February 28, 2005 11:39 AMIMNSHO, there is nothing wrong with gimp interface, except perhaps few small details. One think I wish for is a way for a window manager to recognize different types of gimp windows. AFAIK there is no easy way to do window matching on tearoff menus etc.
About a unified user interface for gimp, inkscape and scribus, I cannot see any reason why. Of course I would be very glad to see more cooperation among the three programs, like for example respecting or even taking advantage of each others meta-data, or things like being able to cut a path from inkscape and paste it into a gimp window, but trying to make the three programs look and work the same is about as stupid as trying to design a "common user inteface" for screwdriver, hamer and pliers. They are three different tools, with different purposes, what's so strange about the idea that they must be handled differently?
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