@clayote That was in response to the social media storm I linked (200+ posts!) - it's a proof-of-concept right now and we didn't want people to get worked up about a particular name being selected.

@baldur I believe it already has - we have some active design volunteers who have really contributed to implementing better UX going forward and pointing out existing improvements.

There's some "bigger" design work going on too which we hope to implement as it is finalized, but a lot of papercut UX issues (and larger) are being corrected already.

@clayote We do have a proof-of-concept merge request to change the name: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/2786

(And then we immediately got uproar from the other side of itt: https://lemmy.world/post/46080825)

I think it will happen, but it's an involved process with a lot of things to watch for (like something taking over GIMP.org and using it for malware).

@baldur We're trying to change that - we now have a UX design site where we track UX issues, request user feedback, and try to make more thoughtful design decisions after discussion and testing.

If you're interested in contributing your thoughts (or just want to see the reported issues thus far), more information is here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/GIMP/Design/gimp-ux/-/work_items

We're also starting to document design decisions for future review: https://testing.developer.gimp.org/core/specifications/