Inklite: Simplified Inkscape?
February 23, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under Geeky Fun, Links, laptops
If you’ve been wondering if there’s a lite version of Inkscape, there’s a possibility that there might be one in the future. Bryce Harrington blogged about keeping the toolbars simple and changing some settings. He also noticed that the dialog boxes appear bigger so it will probably look smaller when they implement it in Inklite.
A snippet from his blog entry on Inklite:
The main challenge was the aux toolbar – I think we’ll need JonCruz’s toolbar rework (which missed 0.46 but will definitely be in for 0.47); I just hacked it down. Deciding what to keep in the left toolbox was a tough choice, but I think I kept the most useful tools; the paint bucket would be the next on the chopping block, but I understand kids love it, so it just made it.
You’ll note I turned off the scrollbars, ruler, and color palette – this was trivial to do via the menus, and could be turned back on as desired.
Sounds like it’s going to be a dream come true for those who love using ultraportables with low resolution screens, and also for those who are newbies who might have found Inkscape bit intimidating.
