Re: [Inkscape-devel] Arcs in the path editor - be kind to new users.
I see some fascinating developments here - but many of them will baffle
users who are new to Inkscape.
I see below a mention that the toolbox bar is getting crowded and can
sympathise strongly with that.
The first question of a new artist user is likely to be "Can the
software see my pressure-sensitive pen?"
Then "How can I scribble a quick sketch as easily as in OneNote?" Only
when they gain confidence in the program will they look for the bells
and whistles, such as node editing, brush texture, cloning, mirroring,
morphing .....
I would recommend a 'first launch' distribution that shows a minimal
number of tools on the tool bar, one of which could be 'add tool', so
that the user can tiptoe into the more advanced options rather than
being plunged in from the start. I would also recommend a diagnostic
feature to show whether the pressure tablet is really seen. The tablet
driver can produce two conflicting pairs of coordinates and that is
another source of confusion.
(You might like to see a minimal diagnostic at
www.jollies.com/drawpressure.htm - though it only works with IE)
I look forward with interest to the launch of version 0.92,
Best wishes
John
On 17/05/2016 00:20, Martin Owens wrote:
Dear Dan,
Welcome and thank you for your help.
I've had a look at the code, it looks very reasonable for what I think
the feature does. It would be great if you could make a short video
showing the feature (you don't have to), I've found it easier to review
new features with their ui and code with a video demonstration.
The one thing I did spot was the creation of some toolbox items,
there's a lot of icons on that bar now and we might be weighing it
down. but I'll know more when I can see it in the flesh.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Mon, 2016-05-16 at 02:37 -0700, d@...3396... wrote:
> Hi,
> I've not contributed to inkscape before, this is my first time.
> I have created a branch which supports editing elliptical arcs in
> the node editor.
> I'm new to bazaar (and inexperienced with launchpad) so I think I've
> done the right thing with a merge request here:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~danieljabailey/inkscape/arc_node_editor/+
> merge/294742
> (but thought I'd check by asking on this list.)
> Is this an interesting feature?
> If so I can polish it up for merging into the main repo.
> Thanks.
> Dan.
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