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Fw: Survey
by Brynn 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Sorry, I somehow sent this reply only to Victor, so now I'm forwarding it to the list, since that's what I meant in the first place. Apologies, brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brynn" <brynn@...3133...> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 10:54 PM To: "Victor Westmann" <victor.westmann@...400...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Survey > Hi Victor, > I'll be glad to change a few things which I'm clear about. But a > few of my questions are things I really don't understand. Especially for > lines 27 and 30, I'm not sure if you want to ask about tools in the main > toolbar or general features. > But most importantly, I don't understand composing/compiling a > survey without having some purpose for the survey. I mean, it makes sense > to have some understanding of the user base, but it seems backwards to > make a survey and then come up with a reason for it later. You must have > some reason to have brought up this idea? > Plus I'm looking at it from the point of view of convincing users > to take the time to fill out a survey. If all I can say is "please fill > it out, just because", they won't be very motivated. But if you can tell > them it has some purpose, you'll be more likely to get a response. > Theoretically, we already have a means for users to make requests > and report issues (Launchpad). So using the survey for those 2 reasons > won't fly very far. Deciding about the future development? Well, not to > my understanding. As far as I understand, future development is guided > primarily by the developers who do the work. And again, performing a > survey first, and finding a reason for it 2nd, seems backwards. > So I remain puzzled.... > > All best, > brynn > __________________________________________________ > > From: Victor Westmann > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 8:42 PM > To: Brynn > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Survey > > > Hi brynn > Thanks for your comments. Feel free to change the survey in order to > improve it. I agree with all of your observations so far. > Thanks. > > > On Nov 21, 2016 6:34 PM, "Brynn" <brynn@...3133...> wrote: > > Several comments and questions: > > For the question on line 9, how is "Personal" different from "Hobbyist"? > > For the question on line 24, would lack of a theme really prevent someone > from using Inkscape? > > The question on line 27 might be confusing. Do you mean which tool out of > the 20 in the main toolbar? Or does it mean "features" more than "tools"? > Also, that seems like an odd way of wording the question. Maybe I don't > understand it? > > I don't understand the question on line 30. What is meant by "Features", > "Usability", "Themes", "Ease of Use", etc.? Also, isn't "usability" and > "ease of use" the same thing? (whatever they are?) > > I wonder if asking Inkscape users how to fix something will be productive? > Only users who either are already developers, or have sufficient coding > skills would be able to answer. Right? > > For the question on line 36, what is your purpose for asking about those 6 > things, and not any number of other abilities of Inkscape? > > Since part of your stated purpose is to learn "how much are they involved > with the project (software and community)", I wonder if you might want to > ask which part or parts of the community they're involved with - mailing > list, forum, IRC, Launchpad, other, or none? Perhaps ask how much time > they spend with each part? And maybe ask if they are primarily asking for > support or offering support? Maybe ask to self-rate their knowledge of > Inkscape - beginner, intermediate, advanced? > > Also, don't forget to offer this survey to forum users ;-) > > What do you think you might use the results for? That might inform other > questions. Although having said that, probably the shorter the survey is, > the better. > > All best, > brynn > ____________________________________________________________ > > From: Victor Westmann > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 11:46 PM > To: Inkscape-Devel > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Survey > > > Hi Guys, > > > I was just wondering if we could run a simple and quick survey to our > users to get to know them better and to know what they know about the > software and how much are they involved with the project (software and > community), > > > This is just a draft so improvements and thoughts are more than welcome: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CcV6rEYq5iIzZKkx_qPU6G5rp0O5DUM0EfQ… > > > What do you guys think? > > > This initiative took place inspired in the "State of JS" survey: > http://stateofjs.com/2016/introduction/ > > > Cheers! > > > > > > --Victor Westmann > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Fwd: Re: Survey
by Miguel Lopez 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Survey Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 02:10:33 -0500 From: Miguel Lopez <reptillia39@...3425...><mailto:reptillia39@...3425...> To: Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@...400...><mailto:victor.westmann@...400...> I would probably put bugs/incomplete features under 24 since that's the only reason I switch to Adobe Illustrator besides the features Inkscape lacks while Illustrator have. And speaking of that, gonna report my gradient mesh findings (I have responded to a e-mail, and I get nothing in return) and a bug while working on my work which forces me to import .svg on Illustrator to continue working as if nothing happened. On 11/21/2016 1:46 AM, Victor Westmann wrote: Hi Guys, I was just wondering if we could run a simple and quick survey to our users to get to know them better and to know what they know about the software and how much are they involved with the project (software and community), This is just a draft so improvements and thoughts are more than welcome: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CcV6rEYq5iIzZKkx_qPU6G5rp0O5DUM0EfQ… What do you guys think? This initiative took place inspired in the "State of JS" survey: http://stateofjs.com/2016/introduction/ Cheers! --Victor Westmann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:Inkscape-devel@...2164...e.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Build issues on Mac with Trunk
by John Cliff 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Hi all, Building trunk on mac fails currently, following issues: src/ui/dialog/filter-effects-dialog.cpp fails as the check for GTK version at line 26 is checking gtk version but the feature its using is gtkmm. Mac ports has gtk3 v3.22.3 but the gtkmm3 port is only 3.16. So the version check passes, but gdkmm/seat.h isnt found. Have currently bodged it by upping the gtk version being checked for in my build, but needs fixing properly. Same issue occurs in desktop-events.cpp, device-manager.cpp, same bodge works for them. The changes made to src/widgets/eraser-toolbar.cpp in revision 15159 breaks it on mac, reverting it to 15158 builds ok. the rest of the build seems to build ok, but its then failing on linking, but its too late to try fix that now, just wanted to document the above before I forget where the issues were. Standard X11 build btw not the quartz one. Thanks to MC and Su_v for helping me get this far :) Cheers John

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Inkscape branding guidelines tagline
by Mihaela 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

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[Fwd: Website Feedback]
by Martin Owens 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Question from a website user.

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Mesh gradient status and plea for help with testing.
by Tavmjong Bah 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Hi, Mesh gradients are included in SVG 2 but their remaining in the specification is on shaky grounds.[1] We need to generate suitable SVG content using meshes in order to generate enough buzz to get the browser vendors to take notice. With that goal in mind, we would like see meshes enabled in the 0.92.x release but need help with testing. I've just checked into trunk the final GUI improvements to mesh handling. Please test and give me feedback. (And share any cool content you creat!) I will be merging the changes into 0.92.x in the next couple of days. For more information on how to use meshes see: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Mesh_Gradients Thanks, Tav [1] http://tavmjong.free.fr/svg2_status.html

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DPI Switcher updated
by Jabier Arraiza 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

There is a new version of DPI Switcher extension. If you instaled previously please upgrade it. https://inkscape.org/en/~jabiertxof/%E2%98%85dpi-switcher-909690-experi mental-extension Cheers, Jabier.

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Inkscape 0.48 download?
by jelle 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Hello Webmasters, As the new widgets for setting percentages are completely unusable on interactive white boards due to their low precision input, I reverted back to Inkscape 0.48 which is more tolerant for finger input (has two separate input fields, a slider and a text field rather than a blob). However, the link to the legacy 0.48 has been removed and at the many schools I work, there is an occaissional outbreak of virus which means disks get wiped and a fresh winXP is installed (yes, really, working in China is bliss). Same infestations also regularly force me to wipe my USB sticks with the installation files for 0.48. Harddisk corruption due to 40 plus temperatures have destroyed my last copy of 0.48 install files. So now I'm without. Could you please recreate a link to the good ole 0.48 for legacy widget users and possible other finger input and shaky hands people, so they can install a usable version of Inkscape? Cheers, Jelle

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Inkscape 0.92pre3 released
by Bryce Harrington 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

The 0.92pre3 source package has been released and can be downloaded from: https://inkscape.org/en/download/source/ This pre-release adds GUI support for a preview of a potential last minute new feature we are considering inclusion in 0.92, mesh gradients. It is our hope that raising visibility of this awesome feature will help motivate its inclusion in the SVG 2.0 specification, which is approaching finalization. Please try the feature out, and if you like it please advocate for its adoption by web browsers and other SVG using applications. Whether we actually include it in 0.92 depends on hearing plenty of positive feedback. We'll also be paying attention to reports of problems. Packagers are encouraged to prepare binary packages for the platforms we support. Thanks, Bryce

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Freenode cloaks available
by Marc Jeanmougin 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Hi everyone, For those of you that use freenode IRC, and who would like to show affiliation to the inkscape project on IRC, there is a possibility to have account cloaks. Basically, what changes is that when you join a chan, the message would be "Mc [~mc@...1522.../developer/mc] has joined" instead of "Mc [~mc@...3446...]" with no cloak or "Mc [~mc@...3447.../mc-]" previously. It will also appear in the /whois information, etc. The format would probably be @inkscape/developer/<preferred name> for devs, but we can also give @inkscape/translator/<preferred name> for translators, /board/ for board members, etc. If anyone is interested, just drop me a line on #inkscape or #inkscape-devel . Cheers, -- Mc

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