Linked by David Adams on Tue 28th Sep 2010 21:58 UTC
The Fedora 14 Beta was released today, but as a Network World article points out, it "will be the first Red Hat supported distribution to let users choose MeeGo as their desktop." This new release will also include the Sugar interface, intended for netbooks, and "will also be the first version to fully incorporate Red Hat's VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), called SPICE, or Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments. SPICE will allow Fedora to host virtual desktops that can be accessed over a network."
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Member since:2010-03-08
That's true.
UI of most opensource tools sucks.
Just look at Gimp, they have accepted to change the UI only later. (And everybody is still waiting for the next version with 1 window)
UI of most opensource tools sucks.
Just look at Gimp, they have accepted to change the UI only later. (And everybody is still waiting for the next version with 1 window)
If you're trying to find elements of photoshop's workflow in an UI that's not photoshop's, that UI surely sucks
What I mean is that this judgement of GIMP's UI is highly subjective. When you're experimented with it and get the basic workflow, you understand how powerful it is. Flexibility, discoverability, readability, quick access to a lot of functionality, pen tablet friendly widgets, much better curve editing... These are all good sides of the GIMP UI.
I think that like most people who unilaterally hate gimp's UI, you do it for the same reason as I hate Photoshop's : not being used to it.
Edited 2010-09-29 06:17 UTC
RE[3]: Comment by Radio
by No it isnt on Wed 29th Sep 2010 09:49
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The question is not to imitate photoshop or not. Quit that line of thinking. Design & ergonomy are NOT completely subjective: these are fields that have been under heavy research for decades. Clutter is bad, wasting space is bad, etc. Have a look at this blog post:
http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/10/05/make_oss_humane/
RE[3]: Comment by Radio
by boulabiar on Wed 29th Sep 2010 11:27
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Member since:2009-04-18
As a person who uses Gimp to do my basic image manipulations, I get messed many times with losing the focus of the tool window.
If it is a single window, I never got this problem.
Do you have any scientific studies approving that gimp UI (or similar) is better than photoshop one ?
(Adobe has many research centers, so I don't think they like providing their users crappy UIs)
Look at Inkscape, it has a very very usable UI. You can't lose focus on what you are doing anytime.
RE[3]: Comment by Radio
by WereCatf on Wed 29th Sep 2010 14:30
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Member since:2006-02-15
I think that like most people who unilaterally hate gimp's UI, you do it for the same reason as I hate Photoshop's : not being used to it.
Just to stick a note here, I am one of those people who are used to GIMP's UI, not having used Photoshop ever, yet I still absolutely hate how GIMP looks and behaves. It just is a horrible mess.
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That's true.
UI of most opensource tools sucks.
Just look at Gimp, they have accepted to change the UI only later. (And everybody is still waiting for the next version with 1 window)