For the most part, this writer found the interface to be straightforward and intuitive. The "Vacuum Defs" item under the File menu was a bit of a puzzler at first, though it was finally determined that it was for removing unused information from the defs tags in a document. We presume this is a good thing.
*cough* told-you-so *cough*
It is unusual to have a menu item that to the average use has no noticable effect
Why, there is at least the effect of saying in the statusbar either "No unused items in <defs>" or "5 unused items deleted in <defs>", when you invoke it.
and if this is really necessary I think it would work better as a
global preference.
Some of Inkscape's functions can be used without even needing to start the Inkscape GUI. For example, inkscape file.svg -e file.png will convert an SVG file to a PNG. This can be particularly useful for users who wish to convert a number of SVG files into PNG format.
-e for export presumably
Dia uses -e too gimp doesn't have an equivilent command line option abiword uses --to=format or -t
It is a good sign that Dia and Inkscape have the same arguments for this functionality, might be worth encouraging other projects to do similarly.
SVG experts can edit an SVG document directly, if they so choose, by using Inkscape's built-in XML editor. Very few users will be likely to need this tool, but it's there for those who need or want to edit a document's elements directly.
It is a very good sign that the author doesn't consider it necessary to use the XML Source Editor.
Inkscape may not be at the same level of functionality as Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw, but it's certainly capable of creating some excellent graphics -- even if this writer isn't quite up to the task of fully exploiting its potential. With other open source applications like The Gimp and Scribus, Linux is a serious contender for users who are looking for a desktop publishing platform.
The good publicity continues.
- Alan
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