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Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#41

Post by nkrisc »

nathanmills wrote: post #29
pxoe wrote: post #21

Calligraphy pen/tool is still unusable, messy and less responsive (lower resolution, more angular, etc), much worse than in 0.92, and it's been this way ever since 1.0. It also now requires windows ink to be on, and they removed devices panel so you can't even tell if your device is recognized properly. It's bad with a tablet, but it's still just as bad and much worse in comparison even with the mouse. It's kinda dis…

Keep in mind that it's FREE and OPEN SOURCE software

Potential users like honest reviews and criticisms of open source software. It helps us decide if it’s worth using or not.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#42

Post by bizzyskillet »

darknavi wrote: post #39

I have my first contribution to Inkscape in this release I think. It's quite a minor feature though, so I don't see it in the changelog. It allows the user to set their default saved file name. I was tired of drawing.svg :)

Nice! :)

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#43

Post by chongli »

2ndorderthought wrote: post #37
simonh wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firstly developers and designers of OSS need honest feedback from users as well, not just commercial developers. Secondly, how does being OSS justify significant regressions?

Because the authors don't owe you anything. You aren't giving them a single thing. They don't have to justify a thing. There is no SLA, no contract, nothing. Feedback is fine, but there are so comments being things like "ermahgerd I paid nothing for this thing and a feature wasn't working What the actual F!". Go file an issue and fix it yourself buddy.

Users don’t owe the authors anything either. If they want to ignore longstanding complaints, they can toil in obscurity.

Heck the only reason this post made the front page of HN is because of lingering goodwill that was built up when the software was actually decent. Now that it’s regressed into uselessness, the goodwill is drying up. I, frankly, don’t have any interest in the software anymore, since it was rendered unusable. I recommend everyone steer clear of it as well.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#44

Post by fragmede »

pxoe wrote: post #21

Calligraphy pen/tool is still unusable, messy and less responsive (lower resolution, more angular, etc), much worse than in 0.92, and it's been this way ever since 1.0. It also now requires windows ink to be on, and they removed devices panel so you can't even tell if your device is recognized properly. It's bad with a tablet, but it's still just as bad and much worse in comparison even with the mouse. It's kinda dis…

In this day and age, why not fork it and use Codex or Claude to fix the specific problems you're hitting?

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#45

Post by 2ndorderthought »

chongli wrote: post #43
2ndorderthought wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the authors don't owe you anything. You aren't giving them a single thing. They don't have to justify a thing. There is no SLA, no contract, nothing. Feedback is fine, but there are so comments being things like "ermahgerd I paid nothing for this thing and a feature wasn't working What the actual F!". Go file an issue and fix it yourself buddy.

Users don’t owe the authors anything either. If they want to ignore longstanding complaints, they can toil in obscurity. Heck the only reason this post made the front page of HN is because of lingering goodwill that was built up when the software was actually decent. Now that it’s regressed into uselessness, the goodwill is drying up. I, frankly, don’t have any interest in the software anymore, since it was rendered…

I don't think it really matters if they are on the front page of HN. It's free software they don't need to market it right? Maybe it helps them find people willing to contribute to the issues though. So there is that.

You are free to do that. I've only used inkscape like half a dozen times. It was fine for me.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#46

Post by echoangle »

aborsy wrote: post #8

Is there a reason to consider Inkscape instead of Tikz? It seems to me Tikz does the same but programmatically.

> but programmatically.

That’s one reason to use Inkscape. If I want to draw a design, I have a shape in mind I then try to draw by editing the points as I see them, with instant visual feedback. I don’t want to code in points and have to modify coordinates.

It’s like asking why people use a parametric CAD suite like NX if they could just use OpenSCAD. If you want to model something, seeing it and editing it in the 3D view can be much nicer than editing code.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#47

Post by cwillu »

chongli wrote: post #43
2ndorderthought wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the authors don't owe you anything. You aren't giving them a single thing. They don't have to justify a thing. There is no SLA, no contract, nothing. Feedback is fine, but there are so comments being things like "ermahgerd I paid nothing for this thing and a feature wasn't working What the actual F!". Go file an issue and fix it yourself buddy.

Users don’t owe the authors anything either. If they want to ignore longstanding complaints, they can toil in obscurity. Heck the only reason this post made the front page of HN is because of lingering goodwill that was built up when the software was actually decent. Now that it’s regressed into uselessness, the goodwill is drying up. I, frankly, don’t have any interest in the software anymore, since it was rendered…

“uselessness” he says…

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#48

Post by 2ndorderthought »

richardlblair wrote: post #40
2ndorderthought wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the authors don't owe you anything. You aren't giving them a single thing. They don't have to justify a thing. There is no SLA, no contract, nothing. Feedback is fine, but there are so comments being things like "ermahgerd I paid nothing for this thing and a feature wasn't working What the actual F!". Go file an issue and fix it yourself buddy.

The feedback wasn't that though. The worst thing they said was that it was "kinda disappointing". Which is perfectly valid. They really want to use inkscape but can't.

Yea sure but read the comments in this post it's kinda gross.

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#49

Post by 2ndorderthought »

cwillu wrote: post #47
chongli wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Users don’t owe the authors anything either. If they want to ignore longstanding complaints, they can toil in obscurity. Heck the only reason this post made the front page of HN is because of lingering goodwill that was built up when the software was actually decent. Now that it’s regressed into uselessness, the goodwill is drying up. I, frankly, don’t have any interest in the software anymore, since it was rendered…

“uselessness” he says…

I'm not a big inkscape user or a big fan but last time I used it that was absolutely not a word that approached my mind... ...

Re: Inkscape 1.4.4

#50

Post by ctippett »

tasuki wrote: post #2

Ah, the tool I love and hate. Mostly love though. Let me tell you about the single thing I hate: I open a simple hand-crafted SVG and want to make a simple change. It messes up all my formatting and uses its own weird formatting, with line breaks between attributes. I'd rather it at least put newlines between elements rather than between attributes. Ideally there'd be a "save with minimal edits from the original" but…

I have zero expectation that any design tool will export concise and optimal SVG markup.

I highly recommend using SVGO (https://svgo.dev/).

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