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Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by itsoggy »

Lio wrote: post #9
jayalpha wrote: post #3

Hands off to the team. The loss of Xara was already bad. Great to have another option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara_Photo_%26_Graphic_Designe...

I never really got into Xara but I absolutely loved ArtWorks back in the day. That was probably my all time favourite graphic app. For those that don't know ArtWorks was a vector graphic package RiscOS and predecessor of Xara. It had fast anti-aliasing and was optimised for the integer maths on the floating pointless Arm 2 and 3 chips in Acorn Archimedes and Acorn RiscPCs. When the parent company stopped development…

ArtWorks is still around, and it works on Risc OS on the Raspberry Pi.

http://www.mw-software.com/

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by robbrown451 »

I sure wish they'd make it run as a first class citizen on Mac, currently it uses XQuartz and I'm constantly having it open a file but I can't get to the windows: they flash, then go to some hidden desktop and you have to jump through hoops to try to get them to actually display. Horrible user experience and I have given up on recommending this to other because they all run into the same thing and get frustrated and give up.

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by chrisweekly »

Inkscape uses SVG as a native format. I keep meaning to make time to level up my svg-fu.

Related tangent: This "SVG Can Do That??" presentation[1] is "old" by internet standards but is still (to me, at least) somewhere between eye-opening and mind-blowing:

1. http://slides.com/sdrasner/svg-can-do-that#/

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by macco »

robbrown451 wrote: post #12

I sure wish they'd make it run as a first class citizen on Mac, currently it uses XQuartz and I'm constantly having it open a file but I can't get to the windows: they flash, then go to some hidden desktop and you have to jump through hoops to try to get them to actually display. Horrible user experience and I have given up on recommending this to other because they all run into the same thing and get frustrated and…

Switch to Linux =) Pop OS is great for laptops.

Joking aside, I wouldn't hold my breath for a decent mac version. Gtk is not really a cross plattform gui toolkit.

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by sdfjkl »

robbrown451 wrote: post #12

I sure wish they'd make it run as a first class citizen on Mac, currently it uses XQuartz and I'm constantly having it open a file but I can't get to the windows: they flash, then go to some hidden desktop and you have to jump through hoops to try to get them to actually display. Horrible user experience and I have given up on recommending this to other because they all run into the same thing and get frustrated and…

On Mac there's Omnigraffle, which is excellent, although $$$.

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by wwweston »

chrisweekly wrote: post #13

Inkscape uses SVG as a native format. I keep meaning to make time to level up my svg-fu. Related tangent: This "SVG Can Do That??" presentation[1] is "old" by internet standards but is still (to me, at least) somewhere between eye-opening and mind-blowing: 1. http://slides.com/sdrasner/svg-can-do-that#/

Did they ever move to SVG 2 as the native format?

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by buovjaga »

wwweston wrote: post #17
chrisweekly wrote: post #13

Inkscape uses SVG as a native format. I keep meaning to make time to level up my svg-fu. Related tangent: This "SVG Can Do That??" presentation[1] is "old" by internet standards but is still (to me, at least) somewhere between eye-opening and mind-blowing: 1. http://slides.com/sdrasner/svg-can-do-that#/

Did they ever move to SVG 2 as the native format?

Inkscape dev Tavmjong Bah has put in a lot of work for the standard. Recently: https://www.patreon.com/posts/svg-2-fallbacks-23506209

Re: Inkscape launches versions 0.92.4 and 1.0 alpha

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Post by jhasse »

robbrown451 wrote: post #12

I sure wish they'd make it run as a first class citizen on Mac, currently it uses XQuartz and I'm constantly having it open a file but I can't get to the windows: they flash, then go to some hidden desktop and you have to jump through hoops to try to get them to actually display. Horrible user experience and I have given up on recommending this to other because they all run into the same thing and get frustrated and…

I think Version 1.0 will drop the XQuartz requirement, have you tried it?
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