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Re: [SLE] And it just gets worse... (GTK file navigation) (rant)
  • From: Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:57:56 -0400
  • Message-id: <1150505878.17071.2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 06:06 -0700, kai wrote:
> On Friday 16 June 2006 03:17 am, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 19:48 -0700, kai wrote:
> > > On Thursday 15 June 2006 03:13 am, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 20:35 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 17:38 -0500, Mark H. Harris wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 17:11, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > > > > > > We've talked before what an abomination the current file
> > > > > > > navigation windows are compared to what people are used to.
> > > > > > > These are the windows that start with HOME DESKTOP FILE
> > > > > > > SYSTEM.
> > > >
> > > > {snip}
> > > >
> > > > > > > Can anyone verify this behavior?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <if they're able> :-)
> > > >
> > > > {snip}
> > > >
> > > > > No problem with mine, but I'm using gnome instead of kde, as well as
> > > > > 10.1.....
> > > >
> > > > This probably means the OP has some Gnome Configuration issues.
> > >
> > > No, it is standard GIMP on 10.1. I couldn't for the life of me find any
> > > config. I don't see it on older systems.
> >
> > As much as I like Gnome, I use KDE too often to know where the configs
> > really are. I think the gnome-controll-center is the app.
> >
> > > I do need to learn C so I can mess with GIMP. I've often thought about
> > > GUMP. The GIMP Usability <something that starts with M> Project.
> >
> > GimpSHOP is out there, it's supposed toturn the UI into a more
> > PhotoSHOP type ui.
>
> GimpSHOP does nothing for the UI. I set it up for my mom, who uses it often.
> She's a ten-year Photoshop user, who has now been using GIMP and GimpSHOP for
> about a year. GimpSHOP simply takes the menu structure from GIMP and
> re-arranges it to match more what Photoshop has.
>
> Unfortunately, I remember the developer saying that the coding of modules in
> GIMP made it very difficult to simply move menus. That doesn't bode well for
> a UI change, since I'd be willing to bet theres some pasta in that code. :P

That's bad. One of these days I'm going to get off of my butt and
start looking at some of the code. Way back when I used to do UI
coding, in basic. :)
It would be nice to have something to put on the resume, like fixing an
interface.


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