OK so it's been over 2 years since GIMP 2.8 was suppose to be released, but with GIMP 2.7.5 [which is a development release] just released a few days ago, it seems imminent that GIMP 2.8 is finally going to be here.
I know it's been ages but I must thank the few developers that have kept GIMP going as it is a phenominal piece of software, especially when looking at the latest development release mentioned above. A few things that I'm still dissapointed about in the GIMP are that there's still no unselection tool, and I know the reason GIMP developers haven't included this tool is because they feel that there shouldn't be a situation where you need to unselect a tool, but I've found certain instances where this tool might come in handy in the GIMP. Anyways GIMP is open source so I might just write some code myself to include a deselection tool when I have some spare time :P.
The other thing is the lack of highligting a menu item once it's been selected, although looking at GIMP again it looks like they do add a tick mark next to menu items which have been selected. But enough about the 1 or 2 things that GIMP doesn't have, why don't you download the current development version below and give it a try, trust me you won't be dissapointed ;).
The best features for me that I've noticed with the new dev release is GIMP's Single-Window Mode as well as how the images are stacked at the top when you're in Single-Window Mode and multiple images have been opened. To select the single window mode in GIMP go to Windows => Single-Window Mode.
Download GIMP 2.7.5 now.
