On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:
This is surely a topic that could be discussed heatedly and vigorously, but for the sake of keeping good company it would be best if we didn't!
Couldn't resist responding already.
I hope my previous post was suitabley respectful, I want to encourage and the last thing I want to do is cause flames.
No prob, it brought up a good point that hadn't been dealt with for Inkscape. I think since it was a topic that we'd run into when we were working on Sodipodi that there was some sensitivity, but it sounds like underneath we're in violent agreement.
It is a very good point that Illustrator is a dominant application and that many users will be familiar with it already. We could do much worse than to clone Illustrator! However, has not been a goal of either Sodipodi nor Inkscape, and I'd daresay it probably shouldn't be. It's
I agree. I'll try not to labour the point so much.
It's actually good to bring it up as we discuss things, from the perspective that some of us (like me) don't own Illustrator (nor wish to). So having this sort of input from those who are familiar with it may be the best way to ensure that knowledge gets fed in.
important that our developers feel they have the freedom to make unique design decisions if they feel the need, because we want to encourage
How does this sound as a compromise position:
"Where a better solution cannot be found, default to the way Illustrator does it."That is brilliant, just the sentiment I was trying to convey. Abiword works by a similar rule of thumb and I think it has worked very well for them and they often do change things for the better.
Great! I actually can claim no credit for it - I cribbed it entirely from Nathan, and also thought it felt it summarized things succinctly. :-)
Bryce