Filed under: Design, Windows, Linux, Open Source
GIMP 2.7 beta released
by Brad Linder Aug 27th 2009
As you can see from the screengrab of the installer, this is not a stable release. And it crashed on me a few times as I tried out some of the new features, including the new on-canvas text editor. But here are a few of the changes in GIMP 2.7:
- GIMP resources such as brushes and patterns are now taggable.
- Save as and Export functions have been separated. To save a file as anything other than an XCF file, you need to use Export.
- Enhanced size entry widget
- Refinements to the layer mode menus
- Status bar feedback for keyboard changes to brush patterns
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
