> This is such a weird trope.

No, it isn't. Lots of non-trivial OSS desktop applications are clearly made by people with no interest in aligning with expected desktop GUI behavior. From Gimp with dozens of windows to LibreOffice which is slow and has bad font rendering. And those are the 'poster apps' for FOSS desktops, lots of apps are worse.

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Moomoomoo309 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Gimp's single window mode was made the default years ago now, so that's not a great example anymore - there's scientific software that uses that paradigm that might work better, but most of that isn't OSS. Also, Libreoffice being slow and having bad font rendering seems pretty inline with Word nowadays...

	▲	pests 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Gimp's single window mode was made the default years ago now Good to hear. I use GIMP pretty seldomly and that was always the first menu option I had to hunt down.

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erikbye 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Compared to Microsoft Office suite, Libre suite is definitely not slow.

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savolai 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Gimp may be a bitnof a bad example nowadays? Of course depends on your habits and standards.

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TheBicPen 12 hours ago | parent [-]

The best way to draw a circle in gimp is still the awkward select -> foreground fill workflow. At this point this example is beating a dead horse, but the horse shall continue to be beaten until a proper ellipse tool is added.

	▲	HappMacDonald 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Instructions unclear. I've kidnapped the GIMP and Inkscape teams and forced them to blend their work into one product. It now has an ellipse tool, but finding it among the toolbars and menus is left as an exercise for the reader
	▲	wizzwizz4 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I select, delete, flood fill. Three steps, but afaik it's quicker.