Better document canvas navigation (panning, scrolling, zooming, canvas rotation and inversion…)
Why can't the Move tool (M) be more responsive: like the feel of Google Maps, https://maps.google.com/ , or https://OSM.ORG/ ?
Currently we have to stop moving; only then does the image catch up from behind. Very disconcerting.
Yes, those slippy maps are readonly. OK, well let's take the case of readonly images that we just want to view, and not edit.
(Yes, sometimes one only wants to browse images in GIMP, not always make changes to them.)
(Yes I am talking about the case of monster images, much larger than the user's terminal, at 100% zoom.)