As for the "huge set of improvements.", there is nothing in the list that outweighs the downside of poor icons spacing controls and lists that are 2X taller than in the Gtk+2 version prompting scrollbars and ellipsized toolbars to grow on the interface like weeds in a vacant lot. up top and layers, channels, paths on the bottom (due to an unauthorized change at 2.8).Īt least they have brought the ruler sliders from Gtk+2 along (something Gtk+3 removed as a feature from the toolkit). You also get the upside down right panel with swatches, gradients, etc. Now you get one color gray and a whole lot more scrollbars. Gone will be the ability to theme gimp consistent with your favorite theme (thanks to the CSS theme model used by Gtk+3 that has sent theme developers running like lemmings over a cliff). I have used gimp for decades, but this is not a release I'm looking forward to. Version 2.99.8 uses Gtk 3 and is described as having "a huge set of improvements." - Cough.
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