On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Andy Fitzsimon <andrew@...420...> wrote:
What looks best for inkscape on first launch for new users?
The traditional approach is that the default UI should be rich, showing to the user most of the capabilities of the program, or at least most classes of capabilities. Thus most programs on first run show you all or almost all of their toolbars and tools, even if they allow you to trim them down.
The default palette was designed with this idea in mind. It shows without scrolling the three main approaches to color palettes: a range of single-hue grays, a selection of very different primary "technical" colors, and the beginning of a larger selection of "artistic" colors grouped by h/s/l. Later you can select separate palettes implementing each of these three approaches.