What I want to say about the UX is that it is so annoying to me that I don't like dealing with the program at all. If something is so clunky that it seems to get in the way more than enabling me as a user, then I will find alternatives that let me get things done more easily and with less frustration, and all the functions and features of the GIMP do nothing for me.
But then again, it's a free program and I'm not owed anything by its authors and contributors. It's just a little... sad, maybe, to have all their work UXed into relative obscurity, at least from my point of view, and probably that of a few other people who share my frustration. And even so, if this is the way they want to make the GIMP and they're happy with it, then more power to them - and less to me.
Full agree. Tried it for a while as a general image editor replacement but there were too many annoyances. Ex, this update introducing editing text after you place it in is pretty ridiculous. That's been a thing for 15 years at least with commercial editors.
> Ex, this update introducing editing text after you place it in is pretty ridiculous.
idk what you're referring to but gimp has also supported editing text after it's been placed. what's new is non-destructive filters and non destructive outlining of text (despite what some may claim you were able to draw an outline of a text even before gimp 3, by converting it to a vector path.)
Sometimes when I have the need to do something with images, I wonder whether I could use GIMP. I go look at a Youtube tutorial showing me how I can do what I need to do, using GIMP, and that usually cures me of any desire to use it.
But then again, it's a free program and I'm not owed anything by its authors and contributors. It's just a little... sad, maybe, to have all their work UXed into relative obscurity, at least from my point of view, and probably that of a few other people who share my frustration. And even so, if this is the way they want to make the GIMP and they're happy with it, then more power to them - and less to me.