I'm a bit perplexed by the notion that inkscape can help someone correct CSS percentages, or x,y values for flex components when the border gets drawn on the outside of the boundaries or on the center of it, or when a half pixel gets rounded up vs rounded down.
brought to you by the letters A, V, and I and the number 47 On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Nick Collins <ndcoll...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would be interested to know what you are doing that you can't accomplish > with Gimp and Inkscape (since free seems to be high on your priority list). > > Personally, from my perspective if this is something you are doing > professionally, you need to invest in your tools. Same as does a carpenter, > a mechanic, etc. > > The base tool can be a FOSS application, but then invest in writing your > own plugins and extensions to enhance your workflow and meet your needs. > > - Nick > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Eric <eh.fx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've already beaten this horse before, but I have to wonder if the lack > of > > a first class + free design view tool is also a significant factor. I > know > > that for us, it's a primary factor. We don't want to risk losing the > > capability for doing major UI redesigns or tweaks for our production > stuff, > > and don't want to be in the business of having to change component > > sizes/coords in code and then navigate the application to see how it > looks. > > > > Maybe I should build a demo interface which illustrates why this is so > > important to us, and to see if we just have rare requirements. > > > > A poll (preferably one using multi-select checkboxes, not radiobutton) > > asking why devs haven't switched yet would be interesting if it can reach > > enough of the right people. I'd suspect the main reason is "no need", > and > > possibly custom component support (a factor for us too with some Flextras > > stuff), but other than that I'm not sure. > > > > -Eric > > > > > > On 10/4/2013 10:09 AM, Rushme Nayak wrote: > > > >> really good news :) > >> > >> > >> http://blog.jetbrains.com/**idea/2013/10/how-is-flex-** > >> doing-quick-start-guides-and-**tutorials/< > http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2013/10/how-is-flex-doing-quick-start-guides-and-tutorials/ > > > >> > >> > > >
