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    [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    i used to literally use it for work

    I guessed that, and that was the point of my comment. It's impossible to tell, do you and your fellow professionals like it better, or did you just got used to it so much and don't want to learn a new one. It's not impossible to imagine - because it happens frequently - that there is an app with measurably better UI, that people don't want to adopt. I'm not saying Gimp is that, personally I think all of them are terrible, all in their own unique way, and I don't know if it's possible to make a good one for this application.
    When I worked as a sysadmin, I saw this happening all the fucking time. Hundreds of people prefer doing something in 50 clicks instead of using a new app that allows doing the same in 10, because previous way is ingrained in their muscle memory, and they absolutely, positively convinced that the old way is strictly unmistakably better, and they would fight me with deadly force so they could retain their old ways.
    After that, I really don't believe in people's objectivity when it comes to that. I don't think people can tell what is "better UI".

    [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    it doesn't ultimately matter. i see neither a "user friendly" nor a "industry standard" UI on GIMP.

    i'm also a sysdmin now, who sees the same tendencies as you just described, and have GIMP installed for an honest retry at 3.0. i have also studied UX as part of the formation i used to need photoshop for.

    what it needs is for users and devs to stop being so stubborn about it and recognize its faults, and do like the Blender people did. its not good as it is, and people will keep wondering why everyone hates it until the status quo on it changes drastically.

    its a shame because its very good software underneath the bad UX.