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Re:The Decline of Usability by jimmaswell on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:40PM (#22902762)
You can change the UI skin in the options. I've been using GIMP for years and I don't have any major complaints.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by xg15 on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:49PM (#22902841)
This is about usability, so I don't think referring to a setting buried in the options (that you have to know about first) is a valid point.

> I've been using GIMP for years

I think usability to users experienced in the software and to new users are two different things. I believe an important part of usability is discoverability which is probably better judged by new users than by experienced users.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by sbierwagen on Friday April 17, 2020 @09:31PM (#22904593)
>You can change the UI skin in the options.

Holy cow! There's even the "classic" theme right there. Wish I knew this a year ago.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by acidburnNSA on Friday April 17, 2020 @11:56PM (#22905201)
Yup. Edit -> Preferences -> UI -> Icons -> Legacy. Done.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by kristopolous on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:56PM (#22902907)
sure, you can make the icon bar more sensible with some effort, but not as sensible as it was in 1998: https://scorpioncity.com/images/linux/shotgimp.png
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