On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Jonathan Phillips wrote:
One thing we've been missing is organized, neutral input regarding how things are done in Illustrator. What I mean by organized is that time is spent writing up an explanation (with screenshots perhaps) showing how it's done, so that those of us that do not own Illustrator can still learn from it. What I mean by neutral is that the information is provided as information, not as advocacy; we may or may not adopt a similar approach, but the intent of providing the info is simply to bring awareness to that approach.
I actually have taken extensive screenshots of adobe illustrator 10, but have them trapped on my mother's computer. I think I will spend some time today/tomorrow getting these screenshots (or reshooting them). As for an analysis, how should this be done? Are you saying that we need some form of feature analysis by a third-party?
No, I guess what I mean is more of a "Neutral Point of View" (borrowing some Wikipedia lingo). I.e., try to describe the nature of the feature without trying to 'diss' it or 'sell' it particularly. Or think of it as "just the facts, ma'am".
I might be stressing the neutrality a bit too much, but my point is that if we can make decisions based off of objectively collected facts, the decisions will 'just fall out' and be clear and evident, and won't require someone making a judgement call or relying on gut feel. Decisions based on objective data are also to review and update as new data comes to light (to account for the inevitable 'but did you consider that...')
Bryce