Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects”

Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by esperent on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:06AM (#24019251)

I don't think passive aggressive is the right description for the name... It's just plain bad. Who wants to think of related sexual fetishists when performing image manipulation? Glimpse is much better. Is there any chance the name will get officially changed?

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by dgellow on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:46AM (#24019413)

Nobody thinks of sexual fetishism when editing something with GIMP.

Nobody thinks of the word “chrome” when using Chrome, or of a literal window when using Windows, or of a literal docker ship when using Docker.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by pbhjpbhj on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:15AM (#24019562)

Nope, but when someone asks me IRL, at work say, "you're into FOSS what are your most used graphics tools" then I'm not mentioning The GIMP (which I've used for, what, 15 years).

Glimpse is a good name, though I never got why they couldn't just call it GNU Imp - Wilber might as well be an Imp.

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Re:Gimp is working on its own version of “smart objects” by esperent on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:20AM (#24019913)

However, nearly every person that I've ever introduced this piece of software to does think of sexual fetishism and most make a joke about it.

Sure, if they start to use it regularly the association will fade, but first impressions are important.

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