[Wolves] GIMP 2.0pre3 - anyone tried it?

[Old Dan]

Old Dan wrote:
> Jono Bacon wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I saw this - is the UI *really* that different?
>>
>> I don't want to start up an MDI war here as it has all
>> been discussed before, but there are a shitload of
>> photoshop users who love MDI who are put off coming
>> over and using GIMP. It is a shame they don't at least
>> have an option to enable it so both sets of users are
>> happy.
> 
> Well it sort of plays lip service to that anyway.  The actual image 
> window now has menus at the top and you can now dock other windows with 
> each other.  It doesn't feel like it was programmed by an alien any more 
> - the fact it now says 'Rotate 90 degrees CCW' instead of 'Rotate 270 
> degrees' is indicative of this.
> 
> Trust me - it is well worth the download & compile time.  :)
> 
...although of course that isn't actually an MDI.

It does cut down the number of tabs needed on the taskbar for braindead 
(read: Windows) WMs though.
-- 
Dan