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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 256177" data-attributes="member: 9240">It's one thing to have 2 large monitors and a desktop, it's another thing entirely when you're working on a laptop.&nbsp; I've uninstalled it already, but &quot;just rearrange things&quot; is one thing with your working frames, but it's entirely different when you choose &quot;Open&quot; from the file menu and half of the pop-up is hidden behind another frame from the same program.&nbsp; It hid the entire file list and all I saw was the blank half of the pop-up!!&nbsp; And on a laptop there's only so much room to navigate - I had to slide it half out of my screen to finally get to the file list.&nbsp; I'd reinstall and show you what I have a problem with, but it's not worth the effort.&nbsp; The gist is, when I open up any other program on either my windows platform or my Mac, either by default or as an option the pieces of the program are contained within a frame.&nbsp; I can drag them out, but there's a semblance from the get-go that they are connected.&nbsp; When you first open up GIMP you get a frame on the left with tools, another frame on the right with some other stuff, and nothing else.&nbsp; I'd like to see at least a solid background so I know the program has at least finished loading up, but when I see my home screen, or worse yet the Firefox browser window I was on previously looming behind it you definitely get the impression that something's incomplete.&nbsp; Yes, you can get used to it, but like I said, it's far from clean.&nbsp; Same when your rendering a B&amp;W using the method above.&nbsp; There's no hourglass or swirly icon to let you know it's working - it just sits there, and for a long time.&nbsp; If I didn't know how long it could take I would have forced a stop every time.Again, if it works for you, great.&nbsp; It's free, so you get what they give you.&nbsp; But when everything about it screams &quot;half-finished&quot; to me, so I'm not taking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 256177, member: 9240"] It's one thing to have 2 large monitors and a desktop, it's another thing entirely when you're working on a laptop. I've uninstalled it already, but "just rearrange things" is one thing with your working frames, but it's entirely different when you choose "Open" from the file menu and half of the pop-up is hidden behind another frame from the same program. It hid the entire file list and all I saw was the blank half of the pop-up!! And on a laptop there's only so much room to navigate - I had to slide it half out of my screen to finally get to the file list. I'd reinstall and show you what I have a problem with, but it's not worth the effort. The gist is, when I open up [I]any[/I] other program on either my windows platform or my Mac, either by default or as an option the pieces of the program are contained within a frame. I can drag them [I]out[/I], but there's a semblance from the get-go that they are connected. When you first open up GIMP you get a frame on the left with tools, another frame on the right with some other stuff, and [B][I]nothing else[/I][/B]. I'd like to see at least a solid background so I know the program has at least finished loading up, but when I see my home screen, or worse yet the Firefox browser window I was on previously looming behind it you definitely get the impression that something's incomplete. Yes, you can get used to it, but like I said, it's far from clean. Same when your rendering a B&W using the method above. There's no hourglass or swirly icon to let you know it's working - it just sits there, and for a long time. If I didn't know how long it could take I would have forced a stop every time. Again, if it works for you, great. It's free, so you get what they give you. But when everything about it screams "half-finished" to me, so I'm not taking. [/QUOTE]

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