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Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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I am having some serious slowdown issues since 1.* on Win 10, so I'm stuck on 0.92.

I have no qualms with it, but the issue plagues all my Win 10 machines and I just wonder what's going on, and if I'm a select minority with it.

Besides that, thanks Inkscape for being such an incredibly useful vector tool!

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #2

I am having some serious slowdown issues since 1.* on Win 10, so I'm stuck on 0.92. I have no qualms with it, but the issue plagues all my Win 10 machines and I just wonder what's going on, and if I'm a select minority with it. Besides that, thanks Inkscape for being such an incredibly useful vector tool!

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!)

Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest FOSS creativity tool.

I mean, I'm grateful if exists. But I use this for technical documents at work and I need it to be stable. Oh well, I guess it's between this and being lured into 12 month contracts with Adobe...

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #2

I am having some serious slowdown issues since 1.* on Win 10, so I'm stuck on 0.92. I have no qualms with it, but the issue plagues all my Win 10 machines and I just wonder what's going on, and if I'm a select minority with it. Besides that, thanks Inkscape for being such an incredibly useful vector tool!

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!) Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest F…

Affinity Designer is a pretty good tool for vector drawings (for 55$ unique payment). It fills the gap between Inkscape and Illustrator.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!) Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest F…

Affinity Designer is a pretty good tool for vector drawings (for 55$ unique payment). It fills the gap between Inkscape and Illustrator.

Affinity seems like it doesn't have some of the more precise layout tools and SVG-editing capabilities that Inkscape does.

I took the trial after seeing people suggest it as an alternative, but it didn't quite replace my workflow and I ended up dropping it.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #3
post #2

I am having some serious slowdown issues since 1.* on Win 10, so I'm stuck on 0.92. I have no qualms with it, but the issue plagues all my Win 10 machines and I just wonder what's going on, and if I'm a select minority with it. Besides that, thanks Inkscape for being such an incredibly useful vector tool!

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!) Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest F…

Oh, that's a fun one; my document property tab disappeared once and I wasn't able to retrieve it. I don't know if that was when I started having issues, but no amount of reboots without the document property tab felt like it fixed it for me.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #2

I am having some serious slowdown issues since 1.* on Win 10, so I'm stuck on 0.92. I have no qualms with it, but the issue plagues all my Win 10 machines and I just wonder what's going on, and if I'm a select minority with it. Besides that, thanks Inkscape for being such an incredibly useful vector tool!

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!) Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest F…

Do you think you or the parent commenter can look into debugging or fixing the bugs yourself? I'm also disappointed at buggy software, poorly considered changes, and maintainers ignoring bug reports. But (sometimes) I try (and occasionally succeed) to fix bugs I encounter.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Affinity Designer is a pretty good tool for vector drawings (for 55$ unique payment). It fills the gap between Inkscape and Illustrator.

Affinity seems like it doesn't have some of the more precise layout tools and SVG-editing capabilities that Inkscape does. I took the trial after seeing people suggest it as an alternative, but it didn't quite replace my workflow and I ended up dropping it.

When I was still using Windows I was using corel draw. I still believe it was (and I suspect still is) the best vector drawing program for more technical drawings. Just one example:alignment is really deeply build into the system using a set of keyboard shortcuts so instead of always going to the align and distribute tab you just pressed "e" to align the previous object. It was really so much faster for drawing than illustrator or inkscape.

Unfortunately there is no Linux version otherwise I'd happily buy it.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #5
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Affinity Designer is a pretty good tool for vector drawings (for 55$ unique payment). It fills the gap between Inkscape and Illustrator.

Affinity seems like it doesn't have some of the more precise layout tools and SVG-editing capabilities that Inkscape does. I took the trial after seeing people suggest it as an alternative, but it didn't quite replace my workflow and I ended up dropping it.

You're right, the power of Inkscape is its ability to work natively with SVG capabilities and its technical aspects (instead of some obscure proprietary format). Affinity is more artist-focused.

Re: Inkscape 1.1.2

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To avoid the extreme slowdown (and crash after a while) on win10, close the document property tab (!!) Anyway, inkscape has really disappointed me with multiple serious regressions. This + UI issues + layout problems + zoom buttons disappearing + crash due to version incompatibility + not remembering what unit you use + DPI screwup got me wondering if the people in charge really got what it takes to run the biggest F…

Do you think you or the parent commenter can look into debugging or fixing the bugs yourself? I'm also disappointed at buggy software, poorly considered changes, and maintainers ignoring bug reports. But (sometimes) I try (and occasionally succeed) to fix bugs I encounter.

Debugging and contributing to large and complex C++ projects is not trivial. I personally do debug and contribute to open source projects using technologies I’m confident with, but when it comes to Inkscape I can’t do much more than to do nothing and to hope for the best.
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