Hi, David Washington and Inkscape developers,
I believe I have my own solution the icon problem without requiring additional source code or Microsoft fixing the 1-bit transparency problem. Additional source code offers the benefits of having just separate logo for Windows 10S and non 10S version, but requires maintenance or additional time to maintain. If you note that many application logo does not actually use shadows, it is perfectly acceptable for the Inkscape application logo to lack shadow(s). Updating the current Inkscape logo would help solve this.
In the attached files, it is the Inkscape logo without the shadows. It is still beautiful with 1-bit transparency mask restriction.
Thanks,
Miguel Lopez
On 6/12/2017 11:27 AM, David Washington wrote:
Hello!
David from Microsoft here. Editing the icon is absolutely possible.
This is done by updating the "store logo" on the developer portal. I believe Marc has the credentials to log in and fix this (I don't believe we have the ability to fix this on our end.)
I don't have permissions to post attachments to this list but those of you who are on this direct email can view the attachment with the re-generated images that should be crisp and perfect on the store website.
I understand how important this is. As a vector art tool, it doesn't make sense to have raster artifacts in the store logo. Let's work together to get this fixed.
Cheers, David
-----Original Message----- From: Miguel Lopez [mailto:reptillia39@...3425...] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 8:58 PM To: brynn <brynn@...3133...>; Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...>; Maren Hachmann <maren@...3165...>; inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] I would like to speak to the person who compiled and uploaded Inkscape to the Windows Store
It was on reddit, and there was a guy spamming about Krita and Inkscape both being fake. It doesn't help that there's some sort of relationship between open source community in general and Microsoft.
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit....
I had to respond to him, and mentioned why the icon looks that way.
You can find him on r/Surface, and r/Krita. It's probably not the first time someone brought it up.
If editing the icon is not a option, the next best course is to have the page edited, and make it clear with a link and direction to get to the link to authenticate the validity of the Windows 10S version of Inkscape. Either way, I really rather not see this incident again, and it's clear that Microsoft wants to support open-source software, but I got to admit it's partly because they know some softwares will benefit their goals of having the Store given attention. Now with business, you can be assured that Windows 10S will be used for security purpose, and in a lot of case, Inkscape will probably be part of the package. But, I"m not here to discuss that, but only putting this out there.
Really, the 1-bit limitation is not something that should exist in 2017.
On 6/11/2017 8:43 PM, brynn wrote:
I was doing a bit of browsing, trying to find the alleged "fake" complaint. All I found was a bad review, regarding repeated crashes. Arrgh!!
I see there's a link to the website, halfway down the page.
I wonder if we should have someone posting periodic reviews, saying how easy it is to get support? Maybe someone focused on writing such a review would be likely to read such a review, and go for help?
All best, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 5:16 PM To: Maren Hachmann ; inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] I would like to speak to the person who compiled and uploaded Inkscape to the Windows Store
We could edit the window download page that points to the Microsoft link, making it clear who is the contact for the package and that it's as official as any other download for inkscape.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Sun, 2017-06-11 at 23:30 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote:
You will need to contact Marc Jeanmougin, who set it up in the store. I believe we already talked about the icon on the mailing list, and I think it has been added by the Microsoft employees...
Ah, here it is: Quote from the relevant list email by Marc:
"I don't think there is much I can do about it, it's likely the icon pulled from the package, but probably transformed with a very poor transparency support (converted at some point to a 1-bit alpha channel, I guess), so the filter in the inkscape icon looks ugly.
I'm CCing David, maybe they can fix it on their side :p "
Kind Regards, Maren
Am 11.06.2017 um 20:12 schrieb brynn:
I don't know anything about someone thinking Inkscape is fake. Is that like "fake news"?
However this post did cause me to look up Inkscape in the Windows Store. The icon certainly does look awful there!
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww w.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fstore%2Fp%2Finkscape%2F9pd9bhglfc7h&data= 02%7C01%7CDavid.Washington%40microsoft.com%7C811095b9e6c44f4345c608 d4b13688bd%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C63632829515 7844817&sdata=gkc3%2FantwrW8h9f832p6c%2FdCAaDwrBcOAKE7ZxjayAo%3D&re served=0
All best, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Miguel Lopez Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2017 10:38 PM To: Inkscape-Devel Subject: [Inkscape-devel] I would like to speak to the person who compiled and uploaded Inkscape to the Windows Store
Hi Inkscape-devel subscriber and developers,
So, just as the title said. I am making a Krita series of file with the icon suitable for the Windows Store. Why am I speaking of this?
As attached is the progress so far.
Because, it has come to my attention that someone thinks Inkscape in the Windows Store is fake, and the icon alone, and the screenshots are very telling signs that it is fake. So, now, I have decided to make a Krita file to share for the icon. Also, the guy who shared the lie that Inkscape is fake on Windows store also thinks Krita is fake within Windows Store.
If you are that person that I want, if you would like me to proceed with the creation of the icon, I would be happy to offer the icon. Right now, this is all I'm going to do at the moment.
In any case, legitimacy is something to acknowledge as part of the project.
Also, .zip is rejected? Is there a list of rejected extensions so that I wouldn't get Undeliverable message?
Thanks for reading,
Miguel Lopez
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