I share your annoyance at GIMP and for exactly the same reason. Plus, I'm far too lazy to Goole things, so I just end up hitting random buttons and getting even more annoyed. I'm sure it's lovely and simple if you've the time to invest in figuring it out or haven't already had your brain hard-wired to the configurations of an out-of-date version of photoshop, but that really doesn't help when I can't work out how to flatten my image. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!