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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: The GIMP 2.0
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-01-14 10:43:56
Message-ID: 200401141143.57092.zander () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 13 January 2004 13:27, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
> On Dienstag, 13. Januar 2004 12:53, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > :-) I have never been able to use splines or beziers or things to
> >
> > draw. I've bought a cheap wacom pad and of the first things I did
> > to Krita was make it support the tablet. It's still true that even
> > applications like the Gimp are not really usable for many artists.
> > I mean -- how on earth is someone who can do a nice glaze using
> > watercolours or an impasto in oils to understand the choice between
> > all the various porter-duff compositing options the Gimp's brush
> > offers...
>
> Don't know about other people but I once have seen Karin Kylander
> in a short Gimp presentation in Hamburg and believe me: She knows
> how to use "all the various porter-duff compositing options the
> Gimp's brush offers..." and seeing her use the pen, the mouse and
> the keyboard simultaneously was something quite artistic as well.
>
> Perhaps if some lost artists would spend a few days time on practizing
> while reading the good old GUM http://manual.gimp.org/ they also would
> start to appreciate Gimp's cappabilities?  :-)

I have met lots of good (genuine) artists, and none of them are eager to read 
a manual first. Most are not even going to be better artists after reading 
one anyway.
In other words; if the GUI does not replace the need for a manual by being 
clear and inviting for newbees; then its going to remain underappreciated 
like the Gimp has been.

I hate using it because I can't get things done that I would expect to be 
obvious and simple.  I have done usability so I blame the application. I know 
the majority of users blame themselves for being too stupid to find out. 
Thats not good enough (IMOHO) for a KOffice application :)

Manuals are for programmers and administrators, not for users.

- -- 
Thomas Zander
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