The gradient handling has seen some significant changes since 0.48.
Here are changes shown in the gradient tool itself and in the Fill &
Stroke dialog. http://imgur.com/a/pANDO Thanks to Tavmjong for the
images!

Cheers,
Josh

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:40 AM, John Fisher <john.fisher@...3014...> wrote:

chiming in for better controls over gradients.

I depend on Inkscape on Linux and like it - thanks for your work.

I find the gradient tools confusing and frustrating 
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John Fisher
Senior Software Engineer
ZNYX Networks