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It would do so much better if they renamed it to PIMP.

It works quite well as long as you set up the other windows as utility windows. That way only the image windows show up in the taskbar. It works especially well on Windows 7 as you can see the thumbnail a lot clearer.

"that kind of users" it's the main stream users.

So, sure it does.
I personally HATE the multiple windows interface and I still can't get used to it.

It's the same as with linux as a whole...we need to make linux for everyone, not for just those who are loyal to it.

GIMP users are not really mainstream users. Mainstream users pirate Photoshop or such bullshit apps.

BTW, ever used Photoshop on Mac OS X? Mac OS applications are always MDI, like floating panels and, especially, a separated menu (just like GIMP). Don't think the Windows' UI standards are "mainstream".

While you're right about MDI being the default for Photoshop on OS X, recent versions (is it just CS4 or was CS3 like this too? I forget...) have the option to use a single-window interface as well. Personally, I prefer not to have other, unrelated windows showing directly around what I'm working on, as it can be pretty distracting. Before, I had to stretch the window to the available space (the Zoom Window button didn't respect palettes and such) and be careful not to accidentally move the window where its titlebar would be underneath the top toolbar. It didn't happen often, but was annoying when it did.

I guess one of these days I'll have to check out GIMP to see if it's usable yet. That always seems to be a legit question when it comes to Linux apps, sadly.

A clear con with SDI interfaces are that you can't use the full screen for editing a picture anymore.

@der_tuxman

Actually, windows users ARE the mainstream users and you have to accept it. Professionals will use whatever they like it more, be that a single-window or multiple-window interface in OSX.

"GIMP users are not really mainstream users. Mainstream users pirate Photoshop or such bullshit apps."

And THAT's why GIMP should try to get the attention of the MAINSTREAM USERS, to promote legal and open source software and make itself better to compete with propietary software. (just like Blender does, to name one)

It's the same approach the linux community is taking RIGHT. Which is getting to the Mainstream Users and NOT the usual nerdy, technology enthusiast, IT people, power users (only)....

On another side "PS or such bullshit apps" ???? GIMP is no way even near photoshop's toes. Be objetive, not a "tux-fanboy". GIMP needs to get to the mainstream users and needs to get better, like it or not it's the reality, and playing as a smart-a55-nerdy saying "you are not good enough to use gimp" it's just NOT right.

"A clear con with SDI interfaces are that you can't use the full screen for editing a picture anymore."

And you will obviously need the layers and tools windows anyway to edit the image...so you still need at least those 3 windows (canvas, tools, layers) on-top 24/7, single-window interface rocks at that.

You may not like the new "single-window interface", but i'm pretty sure 90% of the gimp users are going to be very happy with this.

Photoshop is bloated and slow, too much stuff a home user never needs. Concerning "mainstream", Windows users are NOT mainstream in graphical editing. Mac users are! (Photoshop is, mainly, a Mac app...)

So who's the fanboy now?

90% of the GIMP users? Where do you have this number from?
In GIMP, I select a tool, switch to the image (full screen!) and apply this tool. Usually I need one tool for more than 1 step. I can't see the advantage here. Editing images is not writing a letter.

So, basically you are saying you don't want GIMP to be as good as Photoshop...just an advanced cross-platform Paint.

Haha.

pd. I'm not the one with "tux" nor "iSomething" in my nickname, and deff i'm not a windows fanboy, i'm an objetive person. You can even find in this very site a discussion with Lee Mathews with me defending "to death" linux.

If Blender had the vision you have about "what a home user needs", then it would be an opensource Xara 3D and nothing else..

Think outside the box :)

Oh, something I totally forgot to mention but it's worth the late post, photoshop DOES have a fullscreen mode =)

(at least CS4 has it, don't know the rest of them)

So you think floating windows are a reason for the average user not to use The GIMP? But basically Photoshop has also floating windows on Windows, it just puts a large window around them.

(My GIMP has exactly two windows, one with the image and one with the tools stuff...)

I am (mainly) a Windows user BTW. Of course I also have Debian. Just to clarify that.

Well, I for one am really grateful that this is an option. In multiple screens environments the usual Gimp works nicely, you just set it up as full screen on your bigger one and use a touchpad for the other tools.

The annoyance you find sRc is easily fixed by setting those to show as utility windows as someone else said. I dunno if you can get sticky "always on top" windows in err... Windows but yeah that perhaps should do the trick.

I like the polaroids too. That would make easier to have references or even maybe smaller ports that show 100% of what you are working at 500%.

Of course I wanted to say touchscreen but I typoed it sorry.