DFdflock·Jul 30, 2020
You can see what they've done and what they're working on here: https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse/projects/1
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5 sources> I despise GIMPs botched, unituitive and cumbersome UI so much
Btw there is a new fork of GIMP, called "Glimpse" [1], that tries to improve the UI. Their first release was just a re-branded GIMP, but maybe they'll get something done someday.
https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
In Krita 4.3.0Isn't that the beauty of OSS? People can fork projects for whatever reason they want to.
They are not at all hostile to GIMP--they encourage donating to the GIMP org--but I think their reasons for an alternative are sound:
Glimpse Image Editor is an optional alternative intended to assist users that are offended or made uncomfortable by the "gimp" name, and assist free software advocates that encounter barriers when they recommend the GNU Image Manipulation Program to friends, family, coworkers and employers.
However, Glimpse does have some other differences from GIMP which might interest you:
We also focus on making the software more "enterprise ready" so it is easier to modify and distribute for schools and workplaces. That means fewer "easter eggs", improved build and packaging tooling/documentation, backported fixes on a known-stable
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base we support for at least a year, and a more efficient Windows installer. We also plan to have a more predictable release cadence, as that will assist IT departments with their software deployment schedules.
https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
There was recently a post on HN about a GIMP fork called glimpse which aims to improve UI/UX: https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse or project page at https://glimpse-editor.org/
In Ask HN: Programs that wasted you 100 hours?GIMP is still working on getting GEGL into everything after 20 years. Glimpse is allowed a little time to discuss and decide exactly what to do. That won't show in a commit log on a project that's less than a year old.
You can see the issue tracker for a better idea of project activity: https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse/issues
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