janaagaard - Slashdot User

Comment Single window mode is not enough (Score 1) 900

by janaagaard on Thursday November 19, 2009 @11:30AM (#30156908) Attached to: GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04

And perhaps you don't know that the upcoming GIMP 2.8 will feature a "single window mode". I tested it by compiling from the git repository: it still has a LOT of rough edges (that's unreleased software for you) but it's better than the present UI in my opinion.

Even if it's just removed from the live CD, I find this move from Canonical to be borderline on stupid.

I am very excited about the "single window mode" feature, but won't this only be a small step in the right direction? What about all the awful right click menu system with sub-sub-menus? That really need a thorough overhaul too.

Submission + - Open Source and usability: Joomla! vs. WordPress (playingwithwire.com)

Submitted by on Monday March 02, 2009 @08:27PM

An anonymous reader writes: PlayingWithWire features an article where they compare two Open Source tools, Joomla! and WordPress when it comes to usability. The article did make a few people upset over at the Joomla! forum, but it does bring up a good point. Many Open Source projects are developed by engineers, for engineers. Should Open Source project focus more on usability? The article makes a bold analogy: "If Joomla! is Linux, then WordPress is Mac OS X. WordPress might offer only 90% of the features of Joomla!, but in most cases WordPress is both easier to use and faster to get up and running."

Submission + - Google mobiles to make February debut? (apcmag.com)

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on Wednesday December 26, 2007 @08:35AM

SpinelessJelly writes: "It appears that Google's Android, criticised by Microsoft as vaporware, has sprung to life. Prototype devices are circulating, software developers are experimenting with the SDK and PC-based Android emulator, and there are rumours of a show-stopping debut at February's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Numerous examples of the Android GUI are also starting to leak out."

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