Inkscape doesn't do *this*. Tell me how this isn't insane. Phantom nodes that you can't see until you hover? Which when dragged drag neighboring nodes too? And everything moves unpredictably? What?pic.twitter.com/JDwPf1yBSV
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Replying to @marcan42
My Illustrator Fu is rusty as I stopped using back when I stopped pirating software. But those look to me like the FreeHand bezier nodes. Which I agree are confusing but I'd expect them to be normal to someone used to AI.
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Replying to @flameeyes
What are "FreeHand" bezier nodes? I'm getting no useful hits on that. All I can see is two "normal" bezier nodes, and some incomprehensible stuff in between that I can make zero sense of nor adjust in any sensible way.
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Replying to @marcan42
Macromedia FreeHand had bezier curves implemented differently from anything I've ever used at the time or since. AI is a great grandchild of that.
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Replying to @flameeyes @marcan42
Remember that for Adobe, using techniques not transposing to other tools or software is a feature, not a bug. Seeing friends struggling with Inkscape while being wiz on AI stopped surprising me years ago. I just wish Inkscape was reliable.
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Replying to @flameeyes
At least Inkscape panic-saves your work 95% of the time it crashes. With Illustrator, I've heard, you lose your most recent work if you're lucky, or it corrupts your whole file if you aren't.
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Replying to @marcan42
But I can use a tablet with AI if I were to pay for it. Yes I'm still angry about the tablet input not working. And yes I know this is more on Gtk+ than Inkscape itself. But it matters.
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Replying to @flameeyes @marcan42
Those who use this professionally for most of the day (and I know quite a few of them), are not likely to switch to Inkscape — "Oh I tried, it didn't let me use the tablet, I went back to my pirate copy of AI instead." They don't care about Free Software.
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And most of those who don't use it professionally don't notice these differences at all, because they are at most putting four shapes on the viewport and calling it done. Which is why people get away with suggesting OpenOffice Draw instead of AI. Ref:https://twitter.com/flameeyes/status/1259489666065223680 …
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Replying to @flameeyes
I don't care about Free Software. At least not here. I just want stuff to *work*. This is a licensed copy of AI (borrowing a friend's computer). I was hoping to fix a glitch and have a PNG I could work with in 5 minutes. It turned into a nightmare.
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I don't buy the "you're just used to Inkscape" arguments because the UX in that video is absolutely *insane*. In Inkscape, you double click on a path, you see the nodes. The path follows the nodes. In AI, there are two nodes with aligned handles and the path takes a random walk?
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Replying to @marcan42
It's a UX that works for them. Because they crave non-transferability of skills. And nobody put pressure on them by releasing anything close to acceptable for a professional environment. They can afford all the silly from that.
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Replying to @flameeyes
That UX doesn't work for anyone. Have you *watched* the video? It's completely broken and insane. At one point I have two nodes with handles pointed at each other and the path goes halfway across the screen to the right!
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