Gouping tools would be a huge step-forward in Inkscape usability. Specially in the left side menu, which is widely used.
Displaying different layouts depending on the use case would be nice, but I would rather allow users to reorder the tools position (drag-and-drop would be amazing, config file would be good enough).

I made a proposal on this some time ago (please forget about the design style) -> https://inkscape.org/en/~Xaviju/%E2%98%85tools-organization

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@...400...> wrote:
This is so interesting!

This could be used not only to display the same tools, toolbars and panels in different ways but also to enable DIFFERENT functionality!

I was just wondering if we could have a workspace to make inkscape be able to act as a diagram maker. Like VIsio. :-)

Let me know your thoughts on this. This is an idea in its very early stages... but it could work.



--Victor Westmann

2017-08-07 20:43 GMT-07:00 Raghavendra Kamath <raghu@...3496...>:
On Sunday, August 6, 2017 10:11:08 AM IST brynn wrote:

> Personally, and even as someone who first learned Inkscape as a complete
> computer graphics novice, I can't imagine a "light" or "lite" version which
> would really be useful.  It seems to be a normal progression (in both my
> personal experience and experience helping others learn Inkscape over the
> last several years) that as soon as users have those more simple tools
> understood and under control, they are hungry to continue learning at the
> next level.  And they would not have that opportunity with a  lite version.
>  Just the existance of an easy or light version might make them afraid to
> install the regular version, and I think that situation should certainly be
> avoided at all costs!

I agree on this point.

> I can see perhaps a children's version, aimed at maybe 1st, 2nd and 3rd
> graders. Or maybe an artist version, or cartographers version....oh, or a
> version for people who use those digital cutter machines would be awesome.
> I can see it where the difference is about what Inkscape is being used for.
>  But I would be against a beginners version and advanced version.

Instead of aiming for a completely separate versions for every use case. Why
not just have a workspace layouts.

This can be in the menu  or in the preferences. A layout would be arrangment
of tools and docks in a particular way which is helpful for a particular task.
For example a minimal workspace would have smaller set of tools and few
important docks by default, if the user feels the need to change to a
different layout he can do so or he can even customise and make his own
workspace.

This would also reduce the effort required to compile several different
versions of inkscape. There can be community made workspaces layout schemes
which we can then provide from the inkscape wensite.


Thank you
--
Raghavendra Kamath
Illustrator
raghukamath.com

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