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FIGURE 4.21 GIMP customize shortcut. Source: The GIMP 2.6.7.
changes to the UI. A better solution would be using a drag-and-drop interface, like
the “Customize Toolbar
” in the Finder or other native Mac OS X applications.
By doing so we would also provide the user with more direct control. Moreover, by
using the text “Close” instead of “OK” or “Apply,” the user may be unsure whether
the changes will be applied.
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SA analysis
Actors, audience, paradigm.
All of the objects involved in the interaction pertain to the leading paradigm of
“window, icon, menu, pointing device” (WIMP). The paradigm is constituted by the
menu bar, toolbars, main window containing the image, dialog windows, icons, and
pointer. The paradigm is bound to the GUI metaphor. GIMP is intended for amateurs,
semiprofessionals and programmers. This distinction is manifested implicitly by the
channel of distribution (open-source) and explicitly in the marketing documentation
(in GIMP it is by stating, that “[i]n the free software world, there is generally no
distinction between users and developers” (GNU Project, 2009)). The menu paradigm
is constructed by combining noun-verb or verb-noun items, which seems deliberate
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