GIMP to be overhauled?

From this article :NewsForge | The GIMP at a crossroads, it seems that the CIMP (the linux answer to Adobe Photoshop) might need to be completely overhauled in it’s GUI and have some of its features removed and developed into separate tools.

The GIMP has always been too difficult for me to work with. It clearly has a lot of power in it, but that power has been unaccessible to a man who’s used to Photoshop. Here’s an excerpt from the newsforge article about this:

It is fair to say that the GIMP urgently needs a sleek, modern, and user-friendly look that complies with current interface standards. This is all the more important since other open source apps (e.g. Scribus and Inkscape) are already moving in that direction. Sharing a unified look and feel with them would make collaboration smoother from which ultimately, all programs could benefit.