On 5/18/06, Spyros Blanas <sblanas@...400...> wrote:
As a new Inkscape user, I have to admit that Kevin has -IMHO- quite a point. I can recall that in the very first five minutes I almost stopped using Inkscape (yes, forever) because I couldn't find out how to fill my juct-created rectangle with a green color, being used to these nice docking swatch toolbars Corel/Xara programs had.
Thanks for reminding! Would anyone object if I enable JonCruz' docked palette by default in new installs? Even though it's rather larger than I'd want (i'd prefer it to be less tall), it would be a big boost for newbie users.
And I am not talking about rocket science, just about painting a box! No one should need to read the manual to do this! (Needless to say, patience paid out well in the end.)
This is a different case I think. Where Inkscape simply lacks some required functionality (such as, until recently, a color palette), I'm not trying to defend that. With time, we will get all this and more. Kevin and I were discussing cases where Inkscape is different for a reason.