A follow-up to the previous GIMP discussion. I stumbled on this little plugin for the Windows version called GIMP Deweirdifyer

A little plugin for Windows Gimp that gets rid of some of the weirdnesses and annoyances in the Windows version of Gimp.

Adds a background window that sits under gimp. It removes the other ten million gimp windows from the task bar and the alt-tab menu and takes control of them itself. You can just alt tab off gimp and then alt tab back and all your windows appear as they were before. When you're alt-tabbing, there aren't a million different gimp icons to go through before getting to a different application. Only one icon on the taskbar, no more taskbar clutter and clicking that icon brings up *all* the gimp windows. Oh and there's a windows menu on the background window to select windows if you lose any under other gimp windows.

Basically it makes GIMP work more like a single windows application than a bunch of windows.

You'll either love it or hate it.

Visit: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=3892

I haven't tested this myself as it's Windows only, but if anyone gives it a go, please post your comments!

Doh, that looks awesome - no version for Gimp v2.2 though :(

If I interpreted this GIMP wiki properly, then 2.0 plugins should work with version 2.2

Ah yes, so it does! Took a bit to get going but not sure if that was because I had to change something in the settings or if it just needed a restart, but its ok. Looks cool! I'll give a tinker (next week) and report back but first impressions are good - solves one of my main gripes with gimp about the billion windows everywhere instantly!