On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 16:08 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
Is there any specific reason we have the Effects menu off by default? From what I heard extensions now work even on Windows, so why not enable them for the release?
If they don't work without Python installed, do we now have a nice dialog that shows up when you try to run an extension (NOT on running Inkscape :) and says you need to install the interpreter? With such a dialog or something similar, I would vote for enabling the Effects menu.
And in any case, I would like to remove the big "EXPERIMENTAL" in the preferences label. It conveys no information, just scares users away.
Thoughts?
Well, I have very mixed feelings on this.
On one hand, I think that there is a lot of useful features for users in the Effects menu. There is a lot of cool stuff you can do.
On the other hand, I'm not sure it is clean enough for general use. Things like the menu being out of order and some of the effects not working and providing adequate error messages. All fixable, but not code I would consider writing this late in the release process. I'm worried we have an expectations problem, Inkscape has gotten so clean in the interface, that the Effects menu would be very noticeable in its current state.
I guess, I think we should let Aaron have the choice. It's most his hard work that would be hidden.
--Ted