Comments on: Inkscape with OpenClipArt.org Integration. I love it! http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/ Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: heathenx http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 heathenx Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:24:07 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1470 @Dave Laurenson I agree with you. Personally, if I had my way, I would not included features that work on one OS and not another. Either add the same features or remove them. I use Inkscape on both Linux and Windows and for the most part I don't have any issues. Although I have no use for the whiteboarding feature in Linux, I certainly would be happy to have the OpenClipArt catalog added. I suspect they'll get this fixed in 0.47...I hope. The whole reason I use Inkscape in the first place is that it's cross-platform. @Dave Laurenson

I agree with you. Personally, if I had my way, I would not included features that work on one OS and not another. Either add the same features or remove them. I use Inkscape on both Linux and Windows and for the most part I don’t have any issues. Although I have no use for the whiteboarding feature in Linux, I certainly would be happy to have the OpenClipArt catalog added. I suspect they’ll get this fixed in 0.47…I hope.

The whole reason I use Inkscape in the first place is that it’s cross-platform.

]]> By: Dave Laurenson http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Dave Laurenson Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:56:57 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1469 At the moment I am seriously considering moving over to Inkscape, and making this the default option for my colleagues, precisely because it is available cross platform. Having features available in one version that are not available in another is a real pain. Sadly, if I can only access Clip-art on Linux, it isn't really going to be all that good for me as my laptop - my main platform - is a Windows one precisely because of its high portability and access to business applications that industrial partners use. My biggest problem at present is that my students use Visio when they want nice looking drawings because they don't want to have to recreate clip art items. But Visio is *REALLY* bad for exporting to other file formats. Please can I encourage the developers to add this feature to the Windows version - this system is the first that really looks like it could be a good quality common platform! At the moment I am seriously considering moving over to Inkscape, and making this the default option for my colleagues, precisely because it is available cross platform. Having features available in one version that are not available in another is a real pain. Sadly, if I can only access Clip-art on Linux, it isn’t really going to be all that good for me as my laptop – my main platform – is a Windows one precisely because of its high portability and access to business applications that industrial partners use. My biggest problem at present is that my students use Visio when they want nice looking drawings because they don’t want to have to recreate clip art items. But Visio is *REALLY* bad for exporting to other file formats.

Please can I encourage the developers to add this feature to the Windows version – this system is the first that really looks like it could be a good quality common platform!

]]> By: Richard Querin http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Richard Querin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:04:09 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1312 I understand the reasoning behind that argument. Though I'm not sure I'm 100% in favour of it. For instance, I have to use Windows at work (AutoCad sees to that), but I'm not sure if I would appreciate all the FOSS apps I use and promote here being slightly crippled compared to their Linux counterparts. But that's just a personal thing I guess. The point about free software is that developers can do what they want. If someone wants or needs certain functionality on a certain platform, then ultimately it can be done whether or not developers want it done that way. One other thing about this specific case is that limiting this useful integration with OpenClipArt.org to Linux users hurts OpenClipArt. I'm not sure how effective this feature is, but I would think it would attract more users and contributors to that project if it was available in Windows versions of Inkscape. I understand the reasoning behind that argument. Though I’m not sure I’m 100% in favour of it. For instance, I have to use Windows at work (AutoCad sees to that), but I’m not sure if I would appreciate all the FOSS apps I use and promote here being slightly crippled compared to their Linux counterparts. But that’s just a personal thing I guess. The point about free software is that developers can do what they want. If someone wants or needs certain functionality on a certain platform, then ultimately it can be done whether or not developers want it done that way.

One other thing about this specific case is that limiting this useful integration with OpenClipArt.org to Linux users hurts OpenClipArt. I’m not sure how effective this feature is, but I would think it would attract more users and contributors to that project if it was available in Windows versions of Inkscape.

]]> By: Mike http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Mike Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:24:21 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1311 I wouldn\'t fix the bug. Read this article (it\'s a bit old, but the point still stands): http://bryceharrington.org/drupal/foss-win-paradox (If you have the same access problem as me, change bryceharrington.org to bryceharrington.org.nyud.net) I have an idea: try and implement the Linux core with more features that can\'t be ported or are hard to port for technical reasons. That way you give Windows users a usable vector application and Linux users a better application. I wouldn\’t fix the bug. Read this article (it\’s a bit old, but the point still stands):
http://bryceharrington.org/drupal/foss-win-paradox
(If you have the same access problem as me, change bryceharrington.org to bryceharrington.org.nyud.net)
I have an idea: try and implement the Linux core with more features that can\’t be ported or are hard to port for technical reasons. That way you give Windows users a usable vector application and Linux users a better application.

]]> By: heathenx http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 heathenx Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:39:41 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1306 Ah, you got it figured out. I was just going to add that the openclipart problem in Windows has been there ever since 0.46 was released. You might have noticed though that in Preferences you can plug in your openclipart account name but it's worthless since there is no menu item for it. This was one of the new features that was touted when 0.46 was released. Sadly it still isn't in the devel releases for Windows either. From what I gathered it's a Linux feature only. Seems like since most Inkscape users are on the Windows platform that someone would want to take care of this. What's handy about openclipart access from Inkscape is that one can import effect filters too. Do a search for "filters". :) Btw, since this feature exists in Linux and not in Windows...that's a win for Linux, right? ;) Ah, you got it figured out. I was just going to add that the openclipart problem in Windows has been there ever since 0.46 was released. You might have noticed though that in Preferences you can plug in your openclipart account name but it’s worthless since there is no menu item for it.

This was one of the new features that was touted when 0.46 was released. Sadly it still isn’t in the devel releases for Windows either. From what I gathered it’s a Linux feature only. Seems like since most Inkscape users are on the Windows platform that someone would want to take care of this.

What’s handy about openclipart access from Inkscape is that one can import effect filters too. Do a search for “filters”. :)

Btw, since this feature exists in Linux and not in Windows…that’s a win for Linux, right? ;)

]]> By: rfquerin http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/2008/11/12/inkscape-with-openclipartorg-integration-i-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 rfquerin Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:17:05 +0000 http://screencasters.heathenx.org/blog/?p=283#comment-1305 Wow, it turns out that this feature was introduced way back when 0.46 was launched. Is it possible I just never noticed it? Probably. I am getting old y'know. On another somewhat sad note, it turns out that Windows users don't have access to this feature but might in the next release... here's the launchpad bug I found about it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/174797 Wow, it turns out that this feature was introduced way back when 0.46 was launched. Is it possible I just never noticed it? Probably. I am getting old y’know.

On another somewhat sad note, it turns out that Windows users don’t have access to this feature but might in the next release… here’s the launchpad bug I found about it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/174797

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