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Rethinkscape – A New UX/UI Proposal for Inkscape

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Re: Rethinkscape – A New UX/UI Proposal for Inkscape

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I am one of the project creators. This was a last year project in our company innovation week ( http://piweek.com/ ) but it never become a large project because it is hard to make changes to the Inkscape UI if you are not a developer. So it was just a first draft to see if inkscape developers will like our ideas and we could help them to improve the UX/UI for future releases. It did not work and we just left the proj…

I've just updated the README. Sorry!

Re: Rethinkscape – A New UX/UI Proposal for Inkscape

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does anybody of you feel that when this kind of UX/UI redesign project comes up it feels somewhat... bullshity (sorry for my words, but I could not find any better)? Especially when the README.md is a bunch of pictures of some dudes chilling out on a patio, etc. This gives zero confidence in the project.

A decent designer could improve inkscape ux while half asleep on a patio though they might be better off falling completely asleep and getting some rest.

Re: Rethinkscape – A New UX/UI Proposal for Inkscape

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post #12
post #9

does anybody of you feel that when this kind of UX/UI redesign project comes up it feels somewhat... bullshity (sorry for my words, but I could not find any better)? Especially when the README.md is a bunch of pictures of some dudes chilling out on a patio, etc. This gives zero confidence in the project.

A decent designer could improve inkscape ux while half asleep on a patio though they might be better off falling completely asleep and getting some rest.

I would not propose a project, even a trivial one, and slam a picture of myself bro'ing out. It gives no respect neither to the project, nor to the authors.

Re: Rethinkscape – A New UX/UI Proposal for Inkscape

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Maybe it's not in a place where its easy to understand what is different, but here's what I would change - not a damn thing. Inkscape is one of a rare breed of program where almost everything is clear and discoverable. I really vote evolution more than revolution.

it's the only app I've ever used where I don't end up fighting to make the splines do what I want them to.

It's truly a gem.

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