[Gimp-developer] Hue-Saturation tool with gradients

[Danko Dolch]

Hi Guillermo!

 >Hi Danko:
 >Here is a very very early mockup.
 >I have the idea but had no time to translate it to a better mockup.

I know - t's the same for me too... ;-)

 >I have to re-arrange some buttons, add others, and think lots of 
things (for example, I'm not sure if >the current widgets allow a wheel 
selector like that)

I suspect they don't but I see our current task not so much in creating 
designs for the current widget set but in showing how a modern and 
powerful dialog should look for future releases.

Unfortunately I'm currently not enough involved in the practical 
interface work. So first I will concentrate on designing next gen. 
controls and discuss them.

This will result in new ideas and can be helpful to further dev. the 
GIMP UI.

--> But now some feedback to your mockup:

I really like the color weel with the second ring - so you can visualize 
the different In/Out color parameters in one way - to use it we need 
radial sliders - great!

I see the color picker - nice!

And the Curve Tool for the color overlapping - yes...

-> The curve would be opened in a second window right? I have a problem 
with all this cluttered windows. I like a single dialog with all 
available parameters - but this will quickly get komplex.

pro: no cluttered messing with different windows and clicking through 
"assistants"
con: needs lot of display space and makes the dialog too complex for 
most users (even pros ;-)

solution: INTERPLAY[in the beginning the UI design was static - and 
people needed more flexible configuration options - then programs got 
thousands of floating cluttered windows and people had to arrange them 
all the time instead of working with the app. - now we got this nice 
type of free configurable non overlapping UI - like in Blender or 
combustion or a lot of other great programms - this is flexible but 
powerful and in a long term we should think about the pros and cons of 
this...)

We make the additional areas like adjustment curve dynamically extending 
the main dialog (open or close with a small arrow button)

 
 >Anyways I'd like to discuss with you some ideas off-list to reach a 
more compelling design.

Question:

1. Is http://gui.gimp.org still active developed?
2. How we get in touch with Peter, Kamila and Ellen to see on what they 
are currently working.
3. We urgently need a Forum and a Wiki where we can meet the other 
people working on the GIMP UI
 
greetings

Danko

 >Regards,
 >Gez.

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