Talk:Inkscape/Archive 1

message: Please do not remove the link to Sodipodi comparison. That page has nothing un-nice about Sodipodi. If you feel otherwise, just edit it on Inkscape wiki. It is intended to be an objective comparison which is quite relevant for the Wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trapolator (talk • contribs) 10:33, 1 February 2005
Any one have any idea why the Inkscape download file is over 20MB in size, whereas Sodipodi is <5MB? Quite surprising considering they're supposed to be based on the same codebase. --Rebroad 18:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You must be kidding. Even Inkscape's bare source code is about 3 times the size of Sodipodi's by now. That's not counting a lot more documentation, examples, extensions, templates, translations, etc. etc.Trapolator 15:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sodipodi comparison 

message: Some parts of this article need to be cleaned-up / wikified to conform to better standards.  In particular the long list of features reads like advertisement or at best product specification; it should be re-made into flowing text to be more in line with what is expected from an encyclopedia...131.111.8.103 13:44, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why lists are unacceptable in an encyclopedia. This list in particular does not attempt to list all features, but only the most important and notable ones, and does so in a pretty generalized way to help readers get a general notion of what the program is capable of and how it compares with others. Rewording the same in prose would simply make the same information less structured and harder to digest. Trapolator 19:38, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say to put only the most relevant features in a list (less than 8 items), like: Flowed text, node editing, effects, clones...--Jsanchezd 20:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Can you give an example of an article with a feature list that is not a list?  I find it very suitable to this type of encyclopedic article.  Daniel.Cardenas 18:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I say ¿maybe? compact this feature list  and create link ie. •see main artical  Inkscape (Feature Listing)• while it is a good listing it, is a bit long(and growing) compared to the full page. --Mkouklis 08:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: Could someone help update the Comparison of raster to vector conversion software tables with Inkscape included please? --Regards. Miljoshi | <FONT style="color:#008000">talk</FONT> 06:42, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe Inkscape uses potrace and/or AutoTrace to do it's raster to vector conversion, both of which are already in the comparison. Qutezuce 06:50, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Inkscape uses a built-in version of potrace. silsor 21:25, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Thanks. Could someone put a comment to this effect on the respective pages please? My point is to qualify Inkscape as a conversion tool as well (which indeed it is, as a package. Further, being a 2-valued images output tool, potrace recommends Inkscape (and sodipodi) for conversion and color editing. Ref:). Let me know of any disagreements. --Regards. Miljoshi | <FONT style="color:#008000">talk</FONT> 07:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Inkscape to this [[Comparison of raster to vector conversion software|comparison matrix]] 

message: I believe the SVG templates at WorldLabel.com and the Inkscape article at Red Hat Magazine are relevant as far as external link is concerned. Elementary the article may be, but it discussed right on the topic. Zero0w 17:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I won't argue about the Red Hat Magazine article if several people consider it sufficiently relevant. I reremoved the WorldLabel which has random SVG documents that simply happen to have been done using Inkscape.--Chealer 19:28, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, I double-checked the SVG samples at WorldLabel.com, I think you got a point. The SVG samples are not particularly impressive, nor worthy of mentioning. We already have a see also entry to Open Clip Art Library, and that will be sufficient to demonstrate what one can draw using Inkscape. --Zero0w 15:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: SVG template and article at Red Hat Magazine