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 would personally opt for a new menu of "Filters" (SVG Filters would seem unnecessary given that we're an SVG editor)... provided it would be populated with more than just gaussian blur for the next release. Or I could potentially see a filters tool, but that seems like it could potentially be limiting and/or confusing.
For note, the loading of a file with a gaussian blur applied within it (on win32) causes an instant silent crash... that is, whether in the open file dialog when a file is selected and it tries to generate a preview or if trying to open a file from the recent documents history.
Just my .02
-Josh