There have actually been some major improvements, notably single window mode. I believe they recently fixed the thing where the Tab key (Show / Hide Docks) does something unexpected if the last thing you clicked was a toolbox icon. These days it seems like the Gimp devs are a bit more tolerant of user feedback, which is one of the reasons I'll be making a small donation.
> Just because it isn't modern and pretty
The problem is not that it isn't modern and pretty.
The problems, at least for me, are stupid blockages that Gimp tends to put in the way of getting things done, eg. the layer boundaries thing, or the fact the font box keeps the focus after you've selected a font. If you need to work efficiently these things quickly add up to major annoyance.
There have actually been some major improvements, notably single window mode. I believe they recently fixed the thing where the Tab key (Show / Hide Docks) does something unexpected if the last thing you clicked was a toolbox icon. These days it seems like the Gimp devs are a bit more tolerant of user feedback, which is one of the reasons I'll be making a small donation.
> Just because it isn't modern and pretty
The problem is not that it isn't modern and pretty.
The problems, at least for me, are stupid blockages that Gimp tends to put in the way of getting things done, eg. the layer boundaries thing, or the fact the font box keeps the focus after you've selected a font. If you need to work efficiently these things quickly add up to major annoyance.