On 22 April 2017 at 14:56, David Lang <david@...2429...> wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2017, Donn Ingle wrote:

> On 22 April 2017 at 14:43, Abrolag <abrolag@...16...> wrote:
>
>>
>> So, you're comparing something that works within fairly well defined
>> limits and uses a known standard (and works pretty well), with a
>> sprawling, buggy, proprietry monster.
>>
>> Somehow you prefer the latter.
>>
>> No thanks!
>>
>
> I don't know what you mean.

please show us the spec for Flash and the implementation that follows that spec
reliably.

I am not talking about the Flash file format. I am using Flash (well, the one I recall from the late 90's) as an example of a superior user interface (the tools, the speed!, the means to animate, the many little subtle effects) and superior features (like the symbol system etc.)

Flash. Freehand. Corel. Those are my benchmarks, from 20 years ago. Inkscape is not as useful now as they were then: for creating graphics and getting them out into media, the web and print.

I am not slagging Inkscape either. I don't see why a higher standard should be seen as a threat. We can dream, and we should.

Does that make it clearer?

/d