> It's the same old effect that only those who really dislike a feature have the motivation to speak out about it, while those who have no problems with it have better things to do
Ditto. I had issues with Gimp's UI back in the 1.x days, but usuabliity really has been a main focus on the 2.0 and 2.2 series. I'm all about keyboard shortcuts, and the improvements in this area have been outstanding (ex. extreme toolbar configurability, way fewer pop-ups, global keyboard shortcuts to name a few). I have no complaints.
And for power users, you can even wittle down to only one extraneous window like I did: screen
> the one thing that you need to do is to focus your eyes somewhere other than your monitor at regular intervals - say every five minutes.
And an excellent program I've found to force you to do just that (and take regular breaks) is Workrave
I also went back and forth looking for a "solution" to eye strain. I ended up getting my first pair of glasses. But that doesn't keep me from utilizing my little handful of tips I learned (some of which were learned from a similar Slashdot post 6-8 months back).
In 2.2 you can really minimize the window clutter that plagued older versions. You'll notice I've even removed all the tool icons to give me a larger area to display layers info, etc. And with my set-up, I have just one window to deal w/besides whatever images I may have open.
And keyboard shortcuts work globally in 2.2, so you can get busy no matter which window is in focus. 2.2 is an absolute keyboard lovers dream come true.
Is it possible your girl just didn't give it enough time? Gimp is a powerhorse of a program, and it's going to take anyone a little time investment to get up to speed w/it's features.
Funny... I had some fake tags that didn't show on my original post.
I had:
<irony><semi-serious>
</semi-serious></irony>
around the whole post. I guess I didn't notice they were missing in the preview.
I'm just a troll as you suggested.
(Now where's that confounded bridge!?)
I've also have dealt with pretty bad eye strain. I'd work 8 hours a day on the computer, then go home and go another 2-3 each night.
www.workrave.org is a free (Linux/Windows) program that I really like. It has you take regular "micro" breaks and even has images showing simple exercises to perform every hour or so.
Workrave along with an LCD monitor at work has helped me tons.
There are 2 web developers at my work. Myself and another 'dude'. The other 'dude' only tests on IE. I test on Mozilla & IE. Recently, when I was asked to give my input on a major upgrade to the website the 'dude' manages (our company's e-commerce arm), I voiced several problems his page had when viewed via Mozilla.
To be fair, I explained to my boss how IE has 93% of the browser market. My boss was more interested in the 7% who couldn't view the site properly, and the 'dude' was asked to make the appropriate changes to get it working in Mozilla too.
My only point is that that no matter how much of the market IE exploits, other browsers matter.
I wish Mozilla (and friends) would ship with --enable-svg compiled by default.
I know the SVG implementation in Mozilla isn't 100% (the builds I've tried do crash more often), but neither has the DOM-JavaScript implementation been 100% in all the major browsers all these years, and we've worked around it (albeit a pain but) with great success.
I say turn SVG on by default and let the SVG websites a cometh. Soon enough you'll have the Mozilla crowd surfing a slew of fantastic SVG sites and their IE friends will be jumping ship in droves.
The progression for better SVG implementation in Mozilla (or any browser for that matter) will go hand in hand with the easy availability for the user to be able to browse these websites w/o jumping through hoops.
<last-blurb-of-nonsense>SVG is a native implementation in Mozilla, so the end effect is completely smooth and transparent unlike Macromedia's Flash which feels like a browser afterthought.</last-blurb-of-nonsense>
I never have owned such a devices, but I'm a native English speaker and spent 4 years in Japan.
Of the handful of E-Japanese/English dictionaries that I've seen friends using and/or in stores, the Canon Wordtank seemed to rise above the rest in my rusty recollection.
Hmm... I just compiled Gaim 7.1 and I had the openssl and openssl-devel rpms installed.
Is this the wrong implementation of ssl?
Or maybe the version isn't up to snuff... (It's 0.9.6)
Eric Pierce
Just d/l'ed svg-mozilla.
It's saying "...svg-xml (Scalable Vector Graphics), Mozilla does not know how to handle..." when I try to view something. Same goes for "(image/xml+svg)".
What am I missing here?
Eric
Slashdot Mirror
"Show this article to your parents/spouses next time they harass you about your habit." And don't forget to suck in your gut while yer at it.
firefox
...Actually, just check out the openCD
putty
gimp
gvim
That sums it up pretty well.
> It's the same old effect that only those who really dislike a feature have the motivation to speak out about it, while those who have no problems with it have better things to do
Ditto. I had issues with Gimp's UI back in the 1.x days, but usuabliity really has been a main focus on the 2.0 and 2.2 series. I'm all about keyboard shortcuts, and the improvements in this area have been outstanding (ex. extreme toolbar configurability, way fewer pop-ups, global keyboard shortcuts to name a few). I have no complaints.
And for power users, you can even wittle down to only one extraneous window like I did: screen
Just one less window to alt-tab between.
Keep up the great work, Gimp devs!
And an excellent program I've found to force you to do just that (and take regular breaks) is Workrave
I also went back and forth looking for a "solution" to eye strain. I ended up getting my first pair of glasses. But that doesn't keep me from utilizing my little handful of tips I learned (some of which were learned from a similar Slashdot post 6-8 months back).
Workrave
bought an LCD monitor
Black background on vi
proper eye level w/monitor
parabolic lenses in work environment (just lucky to have that - reduces excess light from across the room)
Good luck,
Eric
"Unusable"?
I don't know what could be so different about the Windows version. They're built from essentially the same code base and handle the same for me.
I use both the Windows version (work) and the Linux version (home) almost daily, and don't even realize I'm bouncing back and forth half the time.
Here's my slightly customized Gimp UI. Screenshot
In 2.2 you can really minimize the window clutter that plagued older versions. You'll notice I've even removed all the tool icons to give me a larger area to display layers info, etc. And with my set-up, I have just one window to deal w/besides whatever images I may have open.
And keyboard shortcuts work globally in 2.2, so you can get busy no matter which window is in focus. 2.2 is an absolute keyboard lovers dream come true.
Is it possible your girl just didn't give it enough time? Gimp is a powerhorse of a program, and it's going to take anyone a little time investment to get up to speed w/it's features.
Just my 1166kb.
E. Pierce
I had:
around the whole post. I guess I didn't notice they were missing in the preview.
I'm just a troll as you suggested.
(Now where's that confounded bridge!?)
Ps. Let's vote Green for no reason whatsoever!
Hey! This is a perfect chance for us Slashdotters to upset the balance!
Now which 3rd party candidate should we all vote for?
Ignore my post for an sftp version...
It's wrong.
sorry.
Or possible better yet, a sftp version (I haven't tried either). http://cgi29.plala.or.jp/~mozzarel/addon/firefox0_ 10/bookmarksftp
Here's a well thought out 30 sec. TV ad of Bush-isms. Enjoy. http://www.bushin30seconds.org/view/06_large.shtml
Photoshop-ish Keyboard Shortcuts for The Gimp 2.0
http://epierce.freeshell.org/gimp/gimp_ps.php
When will Slashdot update their Gnome logo?
They're still stick on the 1.x Gnome logo which is.... the 1.x Gnome logo.
The places where I see Mozilla/Firefox making big inroads are companies that, by policy, switch everybody over to a new browser.
IBM is a perfect example. Aren't they in the middle of moving everybody's desktop to Linux?
They certainly won't be using IE anymore.
I've also have dealt with pretty bad eye strain. I'd work 8 hours a day on the computer, then go home and go another 2-3 each night.
www.workrave.org is a free (Linux/Windows) program that I really like. It has you take regular "micro" breaks and even has images showing simple exercises to perform every hour or so.
Workrave along with an LCD monitor at work has helped me tons.
EP
I ain't giving them a new piece of software
"giving"? Err... it's free, remember?
There are 2 web developers at my work. Myself and another 'dude'. The other 'dude' only tests on IE. I test on Mozilla & IE. Recently, when I was asked to give my input on a major upgrade to the website the 'dude' manages (our company's e-commerce arm), I voiced several problems his page had when viewed via Mozilla. To be fair, I explained to my boss how IE has 93% of the browser market. My boss was more interested in the 7% who couldn't view the site properly, and the 'dude' was asked to make the appropriate changes to get it working in Mozilla too. My only point is that that no matter how much of the market IE exploits, other browsers matter.
I wish Mozilla (and friends) would ship with --enable-svg compiled by default.
I know the SVG implementation in Mozilla isn't 100% (the builds I've tried do crash more often), but neither has the DOM-JavaScript implementation been 100% in all the major browsers all these years, and we've worked around it (albeit a pain but) with great success.
I say turn SVG on by default and let the SVG websites a cometh. Soon enough you'll have the Mozilla crowd surfing a slew of fantastic SVG sites and their IE friends will be jumping ship in droves.
You can wet your whistle by grabbing the Mozilla-Firefox SVG build for Linux/Solaris and experience the fantastic SVG work at Croczilla. The bezier-paths demo shows some serious potential.
The progression for better SVG implementation in Mozilla (or any browser for that matter) will go hand in hand with the easy availability for the user to be able to browse these websites w/o jumping through hoops.
<last-blurb-of-nonsense>SVG is a native implementation in Mozilla, so the end effect is completely smooth and transparent unlike Macromedia's Flash which feels like a browser afterthought.</last-blurb-of-nonsense>
I'm hopelessly depressed to see how little interest there appears to be on Slashdot with regards to SVG animations in web browsers.
Is SVG not our only hope to usurp Macromedia's proprietary hold on all things vector on the internet?
Sorry to wimper... Eric
(wow... 100 hours... that'd be awesome!)
I never have owned such a devices, but I'm a native English speaker and spent 4 years in Japan.
Of the handful of E-Japanese/English dictionaries that I've seen friends using and/or in stores, the Canon Wordtank seemed to rise above the rest in my rusty recollection.
Fanatic's site:
http://www.wordtankcentral.com/
Ebay - Canon Wordtank
Ganbatte ne!!
Hmm... I just compiled Gaim 7.1 and I had the openssl and openssl-devel rpms installed. Is this the wrong implementation of ssl? Or maybe the version isn't up to snuff... (It's 0.9.6) Eric Pierce
Just d/l'ed svg-mozilla. It's saying "...svg-xml (Scalable Vector Graphics), Mozilla does not know how to handle ..." when I try to view something. Same goes for "(image/xml+svg)".
What am I missing here?
Eric
"No technology is foolproof"
No shit. Nothing is foolproof and nothing ever will be. I know you're not suggesting that no one *tries* anything, so clarify yourself.
And give someone credit for *effort* once in a while.
Eric P.