Two brief comments:
On 28-5-2012 10:19, LucaDC wrote:
John Smith wrote
Is there a reason for the differences between the UI for Grid and Guides ?
Is there a reason for not having such difference? Guides are not grids. They can also have different colors. :)
Grids can have individual different colors too. ;-)
On 28-5-2012 10:19, LucaDC wrote:
John Smith wrote
b) Grids are visually "off" by default. Menu "View->Grid" creates and shows a grid if there is no grid.
I'd vote for not creating a grid, in this case. We could have that command grayed out until a grid is defined, or turn the command into opening the grid definition dialog if none is defined. A grid has a lot of parameters and needs to be defined before being shown: creating a random one (for the user, intended: Inkscape cannot know what the user needs) is not a good idea to me.
The created grid is not random. The default grid parameters can be set in the Inkscape preferences dialog. It is very convenient and time saving to create a default grid when pressing '#' for the first time. So we should keep the "Menu "View->Grid" shows grids, and creates grid if there is no grid" behavior.
Regards, Johan