Gimp should adopt the design language of its competitors Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Affinity largely looks and acts like a copy of PS when you open it up. That’s a good thing.
There was some people that tried to change the name but it turned out to be a ridiculous amount of work, and the project unfortunately didn't last. (Edit: Source https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/a-project-on-hiatus/)
One problem with those designs is that cramming the entire GIMP's menu into the hamburger menu on top right is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
This stuff sort of works in applications with a limited feature set, such as Akira UX. I don't think it can work well for GIMP.
It's possible to find a hybrid approach, but so far, I've only seen Siril doing that, and I'm not convinced.
md8z|4 years ago
They also made some mockups of what a redesign might look like, but as you might imagine it would also be quite a lot of work to implement it: https://github.com/glimpse-editor/glimpse-nx-design
prokoudine|4 years ago
One problem with those designs is that cramming the entire GIMP's menu into the hamburger menu on top right is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
This stuff sort of works in applications with a limited feature set, such as Akira UX. I don't think it can work well for GIMP.
It's possible to find a hybrid approach, but so far, I've only seen Siril doing that, and I'm not convinced.