• @sushibowl@feddit.nl
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    671 day ago

    I think it’s more so that the kind of people contributing to these projects are on balance not that interested in doing the marketing work.

    • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      21 day ago

      Do the operating systems the contributors use not have a screenshot function?

      I mean, seriously, simply highlighting a few features would make a massive difference.

      I speak for all projects, not just GIMP.

      • @PeachMan@lemmy.world
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        221 day ago

        These projects are run by volunteers, they don’t have the unlimited budget for designers that Adobe does. And to be honest, it kinda seems like you’re just criticizing them for no good reason. Have you personally designed and built a website that doesn’t suck?

            • @fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              14 hours ago

              Not criticizing the website design. I don’t expect them to have an expensive flashy website. I am criticizing you for equating the snipping tool with having an unlimited budget for designers like adobe does. It does not take a team of designers to add a screenshot to your website showcasing a feature.

        • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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          71 day ago

          These projects are run by volunteers, they don’t have the unlimited budget for designers that Adobe does.

          A few screenshots would be nice. Not asking them to make a high-production video intro shot on a cruise ship with RED cameras and featuring an A-list celeb.

          And to be honest, it kinda seems like you’re just criticizing them for no good reason.

          On the contrary. I want to see them reach a wider audience. I want to see FOSS, Linux, and other open-source projects become more accessible and widely available. For me, the way many of these projects present themselves is like gatekeeping to keep people away.

          Have you personally designed and built a website that doesn’t suck?

          Yes, but I won’t doxx myself, so there’s no proof I can give you.

          Regardless, as a user and someone who wants to see open-source projects succeed, my comment should only be taken as constructive criticism.

          • @PeachMan@lemmy.world
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            33 hours ago

            IF YOU HAVE EXPERTISE, THEN CONTRIBUTE, DAMMIT: https://developer.gimp.org/core/wgo/

            They don’t need somebody to tell them their site sucks. They need somebody to HELP them make it better, to DO the work that you seem to be implying is very easy! They’re literally begging for it on their website.

            • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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              12 hours ago

              It’s like you need high-level programming training to even understand how to contribute to their project. Where’s the “Edit” button, for example?

              I’ve contributed dozens of hours to other projects (namely OpenStreetMap), but it’s DEAD SIMPLE to contribute there.

          • @juli@lemmy.world
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            421 hours ago

            On the contrary. I want to see them reach a wider audience. I want to see FOSS, Linux, and other open-source projects become more accessible and widely available

            then contribute, it’s called “open source” for a reason or at least raise an issue where the maintainers can see? Not on some random link aggregation platform about an announcement?

            • @Zeoic@lemmy.world
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              39 hours ago

              Contributing is exactly what he is doing. You dont have to make a PR to contribute to a project, he is trying to bring awareness to an issue he is passionate about. Him sparking the conversation can make waves much larger than he can manage by doing the screenshot marketing for projects himself one at a time. There are way too many projects for one person acting alone to make a real dent.