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Instrumented GIMP To Identify Usability Flaws

Posted by kdawson on from the phoning-home-in-a-good-cause dept.

Mike writes "New users of the GIMP often become frustrated at the application's unwieldy user interface. Now Prof. Michael Terry and a group of researchers at the University of Waterloo have created ingimp, a modified version of the GIMP that collects real-time usability data in order to help the GIMP developers find and fix its usability problems. Terry recently gave a lecture about ingimp and the data it collects. During each session, ingimp records events such as document creation, window manipulation, and tool use. A log of these events is sent to the ingimp server for analysis. The project hopes to answer questions such as 'What is the typical monitor resolution of a GIMP user?' and 'Is the GIMP used primarily for photo editing or drawing?'"

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  1. GIMP will always be a gimp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They should start over and model it after photoshop. The could call it photoshoppe.

    1. Re:GIMP will always be a gimp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i play xbox with my brother sometimes... its very cool... my brother is 30 years old hes pretty smart... he has 45 iq its the same as heis shoe size.. pretu good considaring 100 is full.... nentendo is cool but wii is beter... i am masetr chief from halo... bcz when i played halo for the second time i knew what was going too happen befor eit happend... so im takeru... its pretty cooll... sonic is cool... i dont like tails though bcz hes sonics girlfrend... i want2 be sonics girlfrend.... sonic is so fast and handsome its increddibnle... sometimes... together... my mom and dad are brother and sister... its prety cool i gess... i herd its prety normal in america.... they love eachother like a father and daugher... theyr so cute together... together... sometimes... xbox... my brother is in wheel chair... but hes cool because hes smart... yea... the boy in the basements said he isnt smart and he say bad thing about my dad... but its no mater... he is chained up... in basement... together... xbox... yea... maybe... xbox is pretty cool bcz they its like games... together... sometimes... i hear screaming from basement... dosnt mater... the boy there is happey.... yea...

  2. Bring out the Gimp by a-zarkon! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Zed: Bring out the Gimp

    Maynard: The Gimp's sleeping

    Zed: Well I guess you're going to have to wake him up

    I'm sorry, I'm a Gimp user but every time I hear, see, or use the application I flash to that scene. Go ahead, I'm off topic and I accept my due.

  3. GrIMP (Ruby GIMP) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check this out, these guy re-wrote GIMP in Ruby!!! http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SPZI.PK