I have used Photoshop and the GIMP. GIMP does have a painful UI, I will admit, but I also think it has some good thinking in it. Namely, I like its way of doing the UI. But I think it could use some help from the window manager. This help would be to show the GIMP window only when the Gimp app is selected, and also to make closing of the app easier.
Basically, what I would like to see is, that when no gimp window is active, only the gimp toolbar and palettes are hidden (not any of the image windows), and when you first put a gimp window on another desktop, the latest desktop to contain a gimp window's window configuration will be on that new desktop. After that happens, the palette arrangements can be changed without affecting other "GIMP desktops"
The GIMP palettes and tool windows would close for that desktop when all of the images on that desktop are closed. But something clever would need to be devised for making sense for the Gimp main window to be open before the first file has been opened.
and it is _not_ unreliable. no way. no how. I am very impressed with Intel's chips. I have HT turned on, and again, I experience zero crashes.
But some RISC processors are very neat. Never managed to get my hands on any of them, though.
If something can be implemented by someone knowledgable in the field quickly and easily, it shouldn't be patentable. Anything like that isn't the sort of innovation that patents are supposed to protect. It is the most recent step, in a series of tiny steps. Innovation is a jump.
I'm glad I have mod points today. This is a great point that I have yet to see made on Slashdot, that makes so much sense. My ancestors were involved in two major patents, the Cathode Ray Tube and the modification to grow string beans without the strings. Now these are things that are really a jump. TiVo is just crap.
You argument is flawed. Sometimes certain conditions make something that would otherwise be viewed as wrong necessary. In these situations they should be allowed to do it. For one example, self-defense. For another, crossing over the centerline in a highway to avoid running over a pedestrian. In fact, they should sometimes be _required_ to do it. To make every mother carry a bottle when leaving the house, or feed the baby in the bathroom, or starve the baby is ridiculous. She should not be punished for doing something so vitally important for another human being.
no you show your ignorance, because powerbooks/ibooks/ etc. have USB ports so you can hook up a real mouse to them. which is the only way I'd ever use a notebook.
I was disappointed when apple abandoned the original iMac (I don't consider the new desk lamp iMacs to be part of the same family). I think they could do great in today's multi-computer houses. I can't imagine a better kitchen computer, kids bedroom computer, or just second computer. Add a TV tuner to them, and they'll just be fantastic.
If I was the one making decisions at apple, I would rerelease the iMacs under their original name, rename the new iMac, and sell the CRT iMacs with 14 (15?) inch displays and a G4 for $599, put TV tuners in them, and DVD players, and market them to families as second computers and kids computers, to schools, and to libraries.
I think iMac should have made the list, but for it not making the list, I blame the fact that apple didn't stick with it. They tried to early to try and get people to move to flat-panel displays, which I'm not convinced will ever be better for everybody.
I had one of those until two months ago. It was actually a 750MHz thunderbird, and I got a motherboard with a VIA chipset. It had a decent amount of RAM. It had pretty good performance, but I was really annoyed at its poor multitasking ability. I would run compilations under Gentoo Linux, and other large jobs, and the mouse would get jittery.
I decided to upgrade to an Intel 2.4 GHz with HT, and an Intel Springdale chipset. Now this computer is fast. It doesn't get bogged down at all. It is about twice as fast as my friend's 2400+ AMD. Both of our computers have a gig of RAM, but mine has dual-channel DDR. Still, I have no idea how my computer is so much responsive under linux than his. But I'm pleased with my Intel. And I really hate it when people cry unfairness about the advertising of megahertz speed. It's objective. I think AMD sunk really low when they pulled a Cyrix and started using something+ numbers. Plus there's no way they're true, when comparing to an Intel processor with HT. Since it's possible to run two threads at once, why not call my 2.4 a 5.8? I don't see myself buying an AMD again.
That is a really interesting (and funny) comment. Too bad I don't have any mod points.
In fact, they'd probably wonder where we arrived at all the stupidity that is in modern window managers, if they were sat in front of X. Little do they know about Windows 95, the program that got us using utter crap like tooltips and stupid right button context menus (yeah, those had been invented beforehand, but only now have got their pervasive use). I mean, who the hell isn't going to understand the meaning of a VCR-style play and a red record button. That's why I'd prefer OS 9-style balloon help, which can be turned on and off.
Except that would be a stupid argument. I mean, really? Perhaps you don't really understand network programming, but a socket provides a way of dividing TCP/IP messages between programs. It is more than just an API, it's a level of abstraction, with a very complex (and useful) implementation.
Yeah, while humans are clearly helped by reading opening books, humans with a mathematical mind can invent them on the spot, to do at least a decent job (though an idea of "decent" varies a lot). It would definitely be a good show of AI for a computer to be able to do that, and they'd probably be closer to figuring out how to get computers to compete with humans in go.
I couldn't tell from your post whether you have flash installed. If you do, there is a "PGN" button to the right of all the VCR buttons, in the watch it live screen. I would post a link of it, but flash makes it a pain. Man, I hate flash.
I'm guessing that it will be 1 in 6-9 bottles that come with an ITMS song, and that in the original incarnation, it will be a choice of anything. I could imagine that 1 in 4 would win, but I don't think they'd give one to everyone, as it would make people buy them in bulk, which is not the way that sort of marketing device works, since their goal is to get people interested in Pepsi and to buy it at a profit (meaning with no prize).
If you're geek enough to care that much to buy iTunes, you should be geek enough to have a few friends that can give you a cracked copy of WinXP. Use that.
BTW, if the BSA wants to come looking for me, I only run Linux.
wtf? you shaved your cat??? he looks absolutely ridiculous. looks to be in a worse cat than any I've ever seen, and I like cats and have seen many of them.
I like to read lying down, to relax. It is difficult to do the same while watching tv because I have to keep my head propped up to see things right-side-up. I like to lay my head down and lay my hand down with the book on the bed or couch. It is a pain in the ass to turn pages, I have to roll over in order to see them, or hold the book up with my hand. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. What would be nice is something with the form factor of a book that had an easy way of changing pages so you could read it lying down just looking on one side. It may even work just to get like a mini swivel monitor stand (goddamnit, I should have thought of it earlier, before Apple's patent).
I think that what needs to be done is they need to get the devices a lot lighter, and think of the ways that they will be held to make it more convenient.
I feel lost. What is the point of your sig? Is it just to have a piece of expressive C code, just to be hard core? Or is there some kind of a glitch in the code? Am I missing something? Your sig does serve a useful function, though; it reminds me to quit spending soo much time on slash and start hacking.
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Basically, what I would like to see is, that when no gimp window is active, only the gimp toolbar and palettes are hidden (not any of the image windows), and when you first put a gimp window on another desktop, the latest desktop to contain a gimp window's window configuration will be on that new desktop. After that happens, the palette arrangements can be changed without affecting other "GIMP desktops"
The GIMP palettes and tool windows would close for that desktop when all of the images on that desktop are closed. But something clever would need to be devised for making sense for the Gimp main window to be open before the first file has been opened.
Just my two cents.
and it is _not_ unreliable. no way. no how. I am very impressed with Intel's chips. I have HT turned on, and again, I experience zero crashes. But some RISC processors are very neat. Never managed to get my hands on any of them, though.
well I don't like that version much. in fact that's almost identical to the current GNOME file selector we all know and hate.
damn it. it undid my moderation. didn't know the rules. oops, should have posted as an AC.
I'm glad I have mod points today. This is a great point that I have yet to see made on Slashdot, that makes so much sense. My ancestors were involved in two major patents, the Cathode Ray Tube and the modification to grow string beans without the strings. Now these are things that are really a jump. TiVo is just crap.
MAD PROPS coming your way...
Yeah, you know, I would track down and kill the person sending those e-mails, if only it weren't illegal. They damn well deserve it.
You argument is flawed. Sometimes certain conditions make something that would otherwise be viewed as wrong necessary. In these situations they should be allowed to do it. For one example, self-defense. For another, crossing over the centerline in a highway to avoid running over a pedestrian. In fact, they should sometimes be _required_ to do it. To make every mother carry a bottle when leaving the house, or feed the baby in the bathroom, or starve the baby is ridiculous. She should not be punished for doing something so vitally important for another human being.
I will let you figure out the rest.
no you show your ignorance, because powerbooks/ibooks/ etc. have USB ports so you can hook up a real mouse to them. which is the only way I'd ever use a notebook.
I was disappointed when apple abandoned the original iMac (I don't consider the new desk lamp iMacs to be part of the same family). I think they could do great in today's multi-computer houses. I can't imagine a better kitchen computer, kids bedroom computer, or just second computer. Add a TV tuner to them, and they'll just be fantastic.
If I was the one making decisions at apple, I would rerelease the iMacs under their original name, rename the new iMac, and sell the CRT iMacs with 14 (15?) inch displays and a G4 for $599, put TV tuners in them, and DVD players, and market them to families as second computers and kids computers, to schools, and to libraries.
I think iMac should have made the list, but for it not making the list, I blame the fact that apple didn't stick with it. They tried to early to try and get people to move to flat-panel displays, which I'm not convinced will ever be better for everybody.
I had one of those until two months ago. It was actually a 750MHz thunderbird, and I got a motherboard with a VIA chipset. It had a decent amount of RAM. It had pretty good performance, but I was really annoyed at its poor multitasking ability. I would run compilations under Gentoo Linux, and other large jobs, and the mouse would get jittery.
I decided to upgrade to an Intel 2.4 GHz with HT, and an Intel Springdale chipset. Now this computer is fast. It doesn't get bogged down at all. It is about twice as fast as my friend's 2400+ AMD. Both of our computers have a gig of RAM, but mine has dual-channel DDR. Still, I have no idea how my computer is so much responsive under linux than his. But I'm pleased with my Intel. And I really hate it when people cry unfairness about the advertising of megahertz speed. It's objective. I think AMD sunk really low when they pulled a Cyrix and started using something+ numbers. Plus there's no way they're true, when comparing to an Intel processor with HT. Since it's possible to run two threads at once, why not call my 2.4 a 5.8? I don't see myself buying an AMD again.
That is a really interesting (and funny) comment. Too bad I don't have any mod points. In fact, they'd probably wonder where we arrived at all the stupidity that is in modern window managers, if they were sat in front of X. Little do they know about Windows 95, the program that got us using utter crap like tooltips and stupid right button context menus (yeah, those had been invented beforehand, but only now have got their pervasive use). I mean, who the hell isn't going to understand the meaning of a VCR-style play and a red record button. That's why I'd prefer OS 9-style balloon help, which can be turned on and off.
Except that would be a stupid argument. I mean, really? Perhaps you don't really understand network programming, but a socket provides a way of dividing TCP/IP messages between programs. It is more than just an API, it's a level of abstraction, with a very complex (and useful) implementation.
Yeah, while humans are clearly helped by reading opening books, humans with a mathematical mind can invent them on the spot, to do at least a decent job (though an idea of "decent" varies a lot). It would definitely be a good show of AI for a computer to be able to do that, and they'd probably be closer to figuring out how to get computers to compete with humans in go.
I couldn't tell from your post whether you have flash installed. If you do, there is a "PGN" button to the right of all the VCR buttons, in the watch it live screen. I would post a link of it, but flash makes it a pain. Man, I hate flash.
Nah, it doesn't look exactly like either of them, at least not to me.
Playing Caldera's game, eh? I don't have a huge amount of respect for IBM, but I have some, and would think they're above that.
I'm guessing that it will be 1 in 6-9 bottles that come with an ITMS song, and that in the original incarnation, it will be a choice of anything. I could imagine that 1 in 4 would win, but I don't think they'd give one to everyone, as it would make people buy them in bulk, which is not the way that sort of marketing device works, since their goal is to get people interested in Pepsi and to buy it at a profit (meaning with no prize).
Oh it's still all about the music on VH1 baby.
This is funny, because it's making fun of how much apple stuff is talked about on slashdot. It's totally unrelated. A joke guys, get it?
I should just stay out of this, but I can't believe you just called Ogg proprietary. Ogg is in fact an open format, not a proprietary one.
If you're geek enough to care that much to buy iTunes, you should be geek enough to have a few friends that can give you a cracked copy of WinXP. Use that. BTW, if the BSA wants to come looking for me, I only run Linux.
wtf? you shaved your cat??? he looks absolutely ridiculous. looks to be in a worse cat than any I've ever seen, and I like cats and have seen many of them.
I like to read lying down, to relax. It is difficult to do the same while watching tv because I have to keep my head propped up to see things right-side-up. I like to lay my head down and lay my hand down with the book on the bed or couch. It is a pain in the ass to turn pages, I have to roll over in order to see them, or hold the book up with my hand. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. What would be nice is something with the form factor of a book that had an easy way of changing pages so you could read it lying down just looking on one side. It may even work just to get like a mini swivel monitor stand (goddamnit, I should have thought of it earlier, before Apple's patent). I think that what needs to be done is they need to get the devices a lot lighter, and think of the ways that they will be held to make it more convenient.
This is a good post. I agree with most of the opinions in here. It couldn't be much more of a pain than having them download Acrobat and Flash.
I feel lost. What is the point of your sig? Is it just to have a piece of expressive C code, just to be hard core? Or is there some kind of a glitch in the code? Am I missing something? Your sig does serve a useful function, though; it reminds me to quit spending soo much time on slash and start hacking.