Comments on Martin Nordholts' GIMP Blog: Reducing UI clutter, docking bars removed

Yes I had some issues regarding clutters, but this...

2011-12-19T00:03:09.917+01:00

Yes I had some issues regarding clutters, but this information pointed me in the correct direction.

Home run! Great slguigng with that answer!

2011-08-09T05:15:03.206+02:00

Home run! Great slguigng with that answer!

@Giorgio: It's not about being cool, it's ...

2010-04-27T07:58:15.786+02:00

@Giorgio: It's not about being cool, it's about being usable. Not saying that the depicted part of GIMP is particularly usable, nor that things can be both cool and usable.

why use those ugly UI sliders and buttons , they l...

2010-04-15T16:12:37.146+02:00

why use those ugly UI sliders and buttons , they look like a windows library ,

why not code something cool in opengl like blender ???

Multiple gimp window communication would be a must...

2010-01-25T16:57:49.141+01:00

Multiple gimp window communication would be a must for a lot of advanced stuff.
(2+, 3 and more)

about single-window mode, do you plan to add a spl...

2009-12-04T08:14:40.955+01:00

about single-window mode, do you plan to add a split window mode, where two pictures can be edited at the same time (needed for clone) before 2.8?

I saw that Peter Sikking agreed that it makes sense but he didn't update his blog with new specs. That would be a real letdown if that's not added. But I can believe it's quite complicated to add.

The only alternative would be two gimp windows but that can communicate for clone for instance.

seems that gimp 2.8's UI will be more flexible...

2009-12-02T17:02:53.749+01:00

seems that gimp 2.8's UI will be more flexible then photoshop's. fantastic!

@twitter: No functionality at all has been removed...

2009-11-30T22:11:43.118+01:00

@twitter: No functionality at all has been removed, dropping onto the tools dock still works.

Interesting, in ten years of casual GIMP use I nev...

2009-11-30T21:48:07.196+01:00

Interesting, in ten years of casual GIMP use I never noticed the docking bars. It sounds like your change brings flexibility. Is there a trade off? Can I still drag and drop images onto my tools pallet from any file browser and have it open?

Great work! :) I build once in a while GIMP from G...

2009-11-30T15:43:47.628+01:00

Great work! :) I build once in a while GIMP from GIT, but seems that when changing to single window mode(without docks opened) makes the single windows without docks lol. And i have to organized the whole space everytime i activate it. (they won't save either)

I'm sure you're working on it ;)

Hi! No, this possibility is still there, it is jus...

2009-11-30T15:33:22.899+01:00

Hi! No, this possibility is still there, it is just the docking bars are removed. In GIMP from git you can actually also drop dockable dialogs at the *side* in dock windows, creating columns of dockable dialogs. In other words, not only will there be a single-window mode in GIMP 2.8, the multi-window experience will also be improved.

I don't exactly understand the change. Present...

2009-11-30T14:57:21.625+01:00

I don't exactly understand the change. Presently, I can move a dockable dialog from one dock an other one. However, if I use a docking bar as a target, this creates a new dock in the window. Does your change completely remove the second possibility?

This is very nice. I think something like this sho...

2009-11-30T12:40:15.306+01:00

This is very nice. I think something like this should probably be built-in in GTK.

I hope you're still progressing on the single window mode for GIMP? Besides the continuing progress with GEGL, I think that is the single most important change in 2.8 (and maybe even in 2.x as far as many many users are concerned).

+1 Good work. Maybe I will test that soon.

2009-11-30T12:28:57.337+01:00

+1
Good work. Maybe I will test that soon.

Well done, keep it up Martin! :)

2009-11-30T09:31:23.911+01:00

Well done, keep it up Martin! :)