Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Inkscape vs. Draw

On 17 November 2010 13:44, Mayko Meier - Epidemus <maykomeier@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
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> My opinion, the Draw is a good application because is very easy to use,
> Inkscape is better because have more options to draw, but is to hard for
> the
> end-user use.


Are you saying that Draw could not benefit from some of the advantages in
Inkscape? Why do we persist with tunnel vision? IMHO Inkscape is easier to
use than Draw for many basic tasks but not all. Small children in schools
use it with ease so I don't think ease of use is a sensible argument
especially if we are only talking about replicating things that improve Draw
and that includes ease of use..





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> 2010/11/16 Ian Lynch <ianrlynch@gmail.com>
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> > On 16 November 2010 14:35, Luc Novalès <luc.novales@cena.fr> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
> > > I am OOo, and now LO user.
> > >
> > > Le 15/11/2010 14:22, RGB ES a écrit :
> > >
> > > > 2010/11/15 Ian Lynch<ianrlynch@gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > The point is that for me Inkscape is more usable and if there was an
> > > > > option
> > > > > to replace Draw with it in LO/OOo I'd take that option. Clumsy
> > > > > non-multi-tasking dialogues are just one of many issues. I guess if a
> > > > > long
> > > > > time supporter of OOo like me is saying this many others would too,
> so
> > > > > rather than trying to justify Draw's shortcomings we need to work out
> > how
> > > > > to
> > > > > prioritise improvements to Draw and learn from applications that do
> it
> > > > > better.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Ian
> > > > I use Draw only for simply diagrams, for complex stuff I use Inkscape
> > > > or (maybe, I'm starting the tests with it) karbon14.
> > > Draw and Inkscape  are not equivalent. To draw freely, I prefer
> Inkscape
> > > but in some cases I think Draw better to be integrated in an office
> suite
> > :
> > >    - specific scale drawing (plans, technical drawing...)
> > >    - automatic dimension lines
> > >    - different export formats
> > >    - multi-slide possibility
> > >    - layers comportment (functional layer vs. position layer)
> > >    - separated display and print layers functions
> >
> > Why not incorporate the best features of both products in one
> application?
> > This artificial separation of functions has no logic to it. Why would it
> be
> > a disadvantage to do specific scale drawings in Inkscape? Why would
> > automated dimension lines not be good in Inkscape? etc
> >
> > As we lost layers in OOo 1.0 impress module (used for multi-languages
> > > presentation or different displayed and printed documents ), replacing
> > Draw
> > > by another module should be damageable for LO usability.
> >
> > No-one is saying do a straight replacement of Draw by Inkscape. The point
> > is
> > that Inkscape has some very good features that would make Draw better
> > (probably Draw has some features that would be of benefit to Inkscape but
> > we
> > are talking about making LO better not Inkscape). I see no reason why
> > improving Draw with some of Inkscapes
> >
> >
> >
> > > Luc.
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