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Re:Interview with Øyvind Kolås, GIMP developer by as1mov on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:12PM (#47210702)
> They don't see the name or the poor ux as a bug, but as a feature, and actively attack people who want to fix these issue.

They will probably not attack people who want to fix these issues, but only those who leave drive-by one liner low effort comments about the UI.

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Re:Interview with Øyvind Kolås, GIMP developer by InsideOutSanta on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @04:19PM (#47239172)
They do attack people who want to fix the issues. See Glimpse as an example.
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Re:Interview with Øyvind Kolås, GIMP developer by jrm4 on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:05AM (#47246870)
Perfect illustration of why it's really easy to see the parallels between the immaturity of not wanting to change the UI and the immaturity of not wanting to change the name. "Glimpse" was a fantastic idea and resistance to it is pure childishness.
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