Joshua A. Andler wrote:
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On 6/23/06, Hugo Rodrigues wrote:
It's probably early to start working on it, but where should the filters UI be placed? I suppose the most obvious choice would be having a new "Filter" entry on the "Object" menu, and on context menu. Another option would be to modify the "Fill and Stroke" dialog to incorporate a new filter tab, but I think this would be a bit out of context.
Why not "Effects"?
I would say not... because they're not the same thing. Our Effects menu contains a collection of scripts that create/manipulate items in ways not included in the SVG spec (nothing about it is non-compliant though, they're just Inkscape specific operations).
SVG Filters on the other hand are a part of the SVG Spec. Given this, to me it doesn't feel Kosher to mix the two (and especially to not have them labeled as Filters or SVG Filters).
I may be off, but it seems to me that the momentum of configurable menus is pointing to dissolving the Effects menu. The idea being that the functionality should be seamlessly integrated into the application. Can items already be placed in arbitrary menus in the INX files? In the end if would be nice to simply group things based upon functionality, and not discriminate against extensions of any type.
Aaron Spike