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The UI is garbage. It's like GIMP. I'm more than happy to pay for software especially when it has a well designed (user first) UI. It is not only the UI, it is the UX generally. It's weird and nerdy and thinks it must be "better" somehow.
Whats bothering you about it? I probably lack perspective because I haven't used other software, but I'm really happy using both for whenever I need to do something.
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The UI is garbage. It's like GIMP. I'm more than happy to pay for software especially when it has a well designed (user first) UI. It is not only the UI, it is the UX generally. It's weird and nerdy and thinks it must be "better" somehow.
Whats bothering you about it? I probably lack perspective because I haven't used other software, but I'm really happy using both for whenever I need to do something.
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For me, above that, is multi-page support. I understand why it's not there, though. But for me, an accidental "need to design this quick" amateur, I really don't like juggling 01_cover.svg, 02_inlay_left.svg 03_inlay_right.svg and so on. Designing a booklet, folder, or even business-card is frustrating.
I think they added multi-page support in the previous point release[0]. I only use inkscape to make graphics though, so I'm not sure how user friendly the implementation is. [0] https://inkscape.org/news/2022/05/16/inkscape-12/
Thanks a lot for the hint. It looks and feels great.
Yes! I use regularly Inkscape, and it has been a constant source of frustration. The UI is the exact opposite of how I expect things to work. It's improving at breakneck speed though. 1.2 already solved some of my frustrations (the new interface for linecaps & line dots, amazing!) Almost all the features in this release seem to solve a major frustration I had with Inkscape. * The node deletion behavior, it was so ann…
The UI is garbage. It's like GIMP. I'm more than happy to pay for software especially when it has a well designed (user first) UI. It is not only the UI, it is the UX generally. It's weird and nerdy and thinks it must be "better" somehow.
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Whats bothering you about it? I probably lack perspective because I haven't used other software, but I'm really happy using both for whenever I need to do something.
Not GP, but when I want to export etc., I want a dialog box to open and then disappear, not add to the clutter of tabs on the right.
Saving to various formats is still done through transient dialogs including format specific settings just like you are describing.
But letting me intetact with the document alongside the export settings (vs being in window behind popout dialogue) just seems so much more intuitive.
I've been using inkscape for years to generate vectors for plotting and laser cutting/engraving and while it has come a long way with quality of life features, it's always been able to get the job done for me.
Inkscape really is one of my favorite piece of software. The new features are almost all things that I have wished Inkscape had dozens of times. Font collections (the font menu is slow when you have to go through half of it to find the font you want), pinned colors (I often had a text file opened with hex color code to copy-paste them), margin management (I often had a transparent rectangle at the content size to use…
Between google fonts and squirrel fonts there are thousands of fonts and styles.
Nexusfont lets me build sub-collections and then i can install only the fonts i want from the dialogue to keep my system from having a bloated fonts folder.
The drawback is having to reload inkscape to see the new fonts. The benefit is that loadtime is much faster when only select fonts from a much larger collection have been installed into the system.
I tried the font browser dialogue in inkscape and it was not on par with what I'm already doing. I also tried FontBase but was just not thrilled with the some features being paywalled behind a FontBase Awesome Subscription model. While nexusfont has less polish, it also has less B.S..
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> I do this for woodworking designs Can you talk more about it? What kind of things are you designing? How detailed are the designs?
Nothing professional; just sketches for personal projects in and around the house. Usually fairly detailed, but mostly useful to get a sense of proportion and to design the basic layout of things like built-in closets. Inkscape's snapping, aligning, and layering features make it a good tool for this as long as you need nothing more than 2D views. I also use Inkscape to prepare the (plywood, MDF) sheet sawing instruct…