Hi, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Perhaps if voting was allowed on Gimp bugs in bugzilla it would > become apparent which features are really most important to users? It just doesn't work that way. The developers know quite well what features are most requested but that doesn't necessarily make them sit down in their free time and implement them. The weight that a particular feature request gets depends a lot on who asks for it. If someone who has contributed in whatever way to The GIMP project asks for a certain feature, chances are that it will get done that very day. If thousand anonymmous cowarsds at slashdot break out in flame-baits about how sucky the user interface is, that will likely turn any developer down enough to not write a single line of code. There has to be a certain fun part about hacking a feature. Let me give you an example. Jimmac and Tigert sat down yesterday and created a mockup of how an improved "File New" dialog could look like. It has been a pleasure for me to implement this mockup for them or, thanks to IRC even with them. If you want to see a certain area of a free software project to be improved, you can of course attempt to draw developer's attention on that area by pointing at it over and over again. This may work but it's not likely that it will unless you give your voice some weight. A well-done argumentation is a good start. Detailed suggestions (like a dialog mockup or other proposals) get you a good deal further. Being known as a contributor (not necessarily of code) probably gets you the most extra points. > Would it be acceptable to start a meta bug that that tried to group > bugs that users familiar with Adobe Photoshop find particularly > annoying? All these requests and meta tracking bugs, voted or not, won't change the fact that some volunteer developer needs to sit down and write the code. That someone needs motivation. Adding yet another tracking bug surely won't hurt but I don't see it motivating anyone. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
