Methinks that this is a terribly Good Idea. On many levels: giving kids a useful and worthwhile tool for creative expression, promoting the adult version of Inkscape... And I would be willing to help out with such a project--I could not do any coding or be responsible for builds, but I could give a lot of assistance with regard to the documentation. Also, such a thing (a kidscape version of Inkscape) should be localized, of course, for languages other than English.
Jim Jones
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Zelus et Radix Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:21 AM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Kidscape (suggestion)
Greetings Among all the good things I found in Inkscape one is that it's very easy to use. But more important it looks easy, so even my 12 years brother took a chance to try drawing vec toons on it with some amount of success (he never did with Corel). This leaded me to think that an Inkscape version for kids (5+) would be a great project. Some changes would be neccessary, such as changing the GUI to make it more more children-friendly (vector eds, like most apps, usually resemble ATMs) by fitting children's tastes, you know, and also removing most complicated features and options. Now, why taking the task? 1) Inkscape would be the first vec ed doing it AFAIK 2) Coming generations would probably try it prior to any other vec ed, thus getting more familiar with it, thus spreading Inkscape 3) It could give Inkscape very good advertising and lots of great chances 4) It would be a great service I translate for some kid orgs so I know where this project could find audience and fit nicely. It's I pity I can't work on it because I have little or no skills on coding and alike stuff at all. It's just a suggestion for all of us to discuss, and perhaps dragging me back to Earth - Come if you dare ;-)..