Usability Eye for The GIMP Guy

TuringTest writes "The GIMP has recently signed up for evaluation by OpenUsability.org. 'Many user interface decisions are being made by developers who often have little experience in user interface design. In order to improve this, we need the help of experts. To find them, GIMP has joined the OpenUsability project. Here's a platform where Open Source developers and usability experts get together.' They also report their first experiences with the paper prototyping of a new Import PDF dialog."

Comments

Re:i like how the gimp works.

[Jeff DeMaagd]

I think the usability is poor. For one, having to click to expose just the root menu is excessive. The root menu should always be visible, IMO. Hiding everything as much as possible goes too far, and requires more work to do the same task.

Re:Let's talk about the elephant in the room.

[advocate_one]

I don't fscking believe this... the original poster (an obvious troll post if ever there is such a thing) gets modded +5 insightfull, and I get modded into oblivion for telling him just what his options are... which are a damn sight more than he would have with Adobe Photoshop for starters... which are, if you don't like it, tough... or if you find problems with it, yeah, just shell out $xx for the next version which has the fix