On Oct 3, 2007, at 3:13 PM, bulia byak wrote:

On 10/3/07, microUgly <drworm@...1743...> wrote:

It was just revealed to me a method of creating a gradient with one stop for

the purpose of being able to change flat colour of multiple objects easily

(http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=248#p1362), and now that

trick is void.

Well, you're calling it a trick yourself. Which is exactly what it is.

Every feature must be intuitive and easy to discover and explain. This

one was not. It was very non-obvious, with high surprise factor, and

very difficult to explain in documentation. We take usability

seriously. Even if we're to reenable this feature, its UI must be

reworked completely so it's always painfully obvious what I'm going to

change.

Actually it's not so much of a "trick" as it is a design intent of SVG 1.1, just one that was poorly communicated.

Although the main thing is that I agree wholeheartedly that the UI must be reworked completely. I do have it on my list of things to do once this CMS stuff settles down. I'll probably start testing a few things, and Bulia will give feedback on things until I get it acceptable.

So there is long-term intention to leverage that SVG feature, but it won't become user visible until a new UI is working. So to an end user it might appear that one feature goes away and then a new feature shows up after.