On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:24:58 +0400 From: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@...155...> Reply-To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] open source alternatives article on newsforge
On 8/25/05, Alan Horkan <horkana@...3...> wrote:
Inkscape gets a mention, a quick paragraph http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/08/17/2041231.shtml?tid=152&ti...
Not sure why exactly their is an expectation that Inkscape would include HTML export.
Did you ever do mockups of web-sites? :)
I have briefly read tutorial about using vector graphics programs to create graphics for web page designs. I also recall an inkscape user doing a write up of how they created their graphics in Inkscape and then later sliced them in another program and then turned it into a web page.
Is this a very common use case?
I dont recall Adobe Illustrator making a big deal about their HTML export but perhaps Macromedia Freehand had additional functionality I overlooked as I have found the Macromedia products particularly good at providing a clear workflow for various tasks.
Is is something the Inkscape developers should really be taking a closer look at? Inkscape is very much a general purpose drawing tool at the moment but it would certainly be interesting if someone found a target market and made inkscape really great a doing a particular task.
The closest I could find to relevant bug reports (and I hate anonymous bug reports by the way) were these requests Export Web Image Map http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604309&func=deta... but it is extremely vague. I'm temptd to just close it and require a named person claim and explain it if they want it kept open. This request gets more to the point about slicing the image http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604309&func=deta...
Given that Adobe provides Image Ready, an almost entirely seperate application purely for the purpose of slicing this is quite an ambitious feature to try and cram into Inkscape. If I recall correctly there was someone developing a suitable plugin and perhaps it will gradually evolve into a more general purpose slicing application including the HTML export you seem to be interesting in (if I'm understanding this whole issue correctly).
Sincerely
Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/