On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 05:17:26AM -0700, Elwin Estle wrote:
To me, this mailing list isn't as good as a forum would be...you can't post in-line images, and there doesn't seem to be as much discussion about "how-to" type stuff, except as it relates to the more technical aspects of the program from a development standpoint, and I think that is why there is so much talk of people wanting to start a forum, there is a lack of, for want of a better term..."artistic fellowship".
Again, perhaps there already exists such a community somewhere for Inkscape, but I haven't run across it yet.
There is a more art-focused inkscape forum on DeviantArt, although I haven't looked at it in a while so don't know how active it is.
Of course, I'd wonder aside from the inline pictures, if there's any reasons why this list couldn't be used for more artist-oriented discussions? Presumably it'd just be a matter of folks starting up some discussions?
I suspect the main reason why this has been more technical usage oriented, is because we needed a place where users could ask these kinds of questions separate from the inkscape-devel@ list, but still be able to get answers from developers where needed.
In any case, thanks for the insights, Bryce