I've watched, somewhat intrigued, the discussions about abbreviations, user interfaces, and whether it's more important to have elegant, largely unused code, or massively popular code that perhaps isn't entirely clean.

I'd like to add my perspective as a user.

1) Making the interface "just like photoshop" seems like a fools errand. Photoshop's interface changes from time to time, sometimes quite significantly (friends who use it are currently expressing mixed feelings about "Bridge").

2) Everything is a little different, even subsequent releases of M$ software. Folks learn to deal with that, provided they get what they need, and can see that it's worth the change.

3) If developer resources are hard to find, of course you can't put unbounded effort into lots of WIBNIF features.

4) Right now, there's only one compelling reason I use photoshop (yes, sadly, I use both. I use GIMP for the bulk of stuff I do) and that's color managment. I strongly suspect that there's very few photographers or graphic artists who takes their work seriously who doesn't feel a strong need for good color matching. Heck, even Costco of all mass market places offers individual color profiles for their in-store printers!

So, I'd like to offer my thanks to the developers: it's a fantastic tool. I'd like to offer my encouragement too: you're doing a great job with very limited resources. I'd like to offer my "vote" (I know I don't have one really, but whatever) that you don't worry too much about the UI, but that you don't forget about color management. I'd love to shut down my little, ancient, overloaded and underpowered iBook for the last time.

Great job developers, thanks. Simon

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." ? Naguib Mahfouz

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