Version 2.0 Wishlist

[AjIsCoool]

Thanks Ross for your support and for reminded us about the freedom of expressing our feelings toward our lovely product [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Tonylondon here is my whishes:
1- The Blend menu should have attach to path (like corel) ready when blend is active.
2- Dockable dialog boxes
3- Extrude effects with ablity to rotate in 3d world ( would be nice to Bevel and Extrude together)
4- Animation, to produce a vector animation (swf)
5- To have an open format to support Illustrator vector plugins ( i don't no if it is possible thou)
7- If the answer is no to 5- then should have effects menu like CorelDraw.
6- Offcourse all your points applys to my whish list, setting defaults on fonts and ....etc, copying properties(bevel, shadow, fills...etc and ability to create Styles is a must
Note: stability is fine with me but speed in zooming mode get really slower than Draw, where it is in the normal mode XaraX is the fastest illustrator app, strange [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]
More will come....

[gwpriester]

Milt

There are two or three free color wheels in the XaraXone Shareware Page that will do what you are asking.

AJ You are always welcome to your opinion, (and most welcome in these conferences--you are the official delagate in Kuwait :-) do not feel intimidated if people do not agree with you.

Gary

Gary Priester

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Be it ever so humble...</a>

[Steve Newport]

Well, I don't want to make this list more long than it is already, but there are a few things (Very few) that I have said "Aww shoot, wish I had this".

#1. Being able to turn shapes created with the FreeHand or ShapeEditor tools into molds. this would be a highly usefull tool, especially for them Logo creators out there!

#2. I second the being able to "twirl" shapes. Kind of like the quickshape stars, only like a spiral.

#3. And MOST of all, MULTIPLE TRANSPARENCY SETTINGS. Just like the Fill Tool's ability to create multiple colors on a linear, elliptical, etc. fill, I would LOOOVVEE tha ability to make one part of a linear transparency 90% and another part 52% and another part 100% etc. etc. etc.!!!!!

Steve Newport

[Clements]

I have many others, but in regards to Steve's:

#3. ABSOLUTEY!!!
3a. Also, if Xara could revisit the idea of Group Transpancy.

#1. YES!!!.
1a. Also, the ability to symetrical "stretch" or deform opposite mold "points(nodes)".

1b. Covert mold shape to an editable shapes directly from the Info Bar [to avoid the 2-step process of Convert To Editable Shape > Ungroup, which, incidentally, seems to produce an extra point (node) which lays on top of another point].

1c. Create a mold, perhaps via an eye dropper tool in the Mold Info Bar, from a shape and then applies that mold to the selected object.

[Sheff]

I still want multiple pages.

Sheffield Abella
sheff@sheff.com
www.sheff.com

[Ed Nadie]

Allow shift-click to function as 'select' when using the Shape Editor tool with nothing selected. People who have right click set this way would especially benefit.

Integrate the zoom menu with the status bar (current scale always visible), and eliminate dependence on zoom as a discrete tool, instead of as a display mode for tool use. As is, marquee zoom is the only way to quickly and accurately zoom, which means switching tools, and you can only marquee zoom one direction, you know. In a scalable graphics program zoom is as important as nudge, so: add a modifier key to reduce the zoom factor to ten percent. And how about a key for zoom to 100%?

Add basic scripting. Repetitive actions like setting all nodes to cusp, or converting/ungrouping/breaking apart an object could be changed from drudgery to a breeze. I'd also welcome user assigned hot keys and more single character hotkeys, a la 'B' and 'Z'.

I rarely need to use the Bezier controls. This means the most common impact of the Bezier tangent lines and control knobs is clutter, making the quality of a line harder to judge, and editing with the Shape Editor more difficult. I often can't tell the difference between an inactive node and a Bezier knob of an active one -- they're the same size, shape, orientation -- and who knows from color. I'd appreciate a Bezier flag display toggle, wouldn't you?

There is an inner set of control handles for grouped objects that allow a choice of free or locked aspect scaling, but I don't see them for other objects. I would prefer this arrangement for all scaling, rather than a separate aspect-lock infobar button -- which is not only more remote on the screen, but from one's intentions and beliefs. Also a flat inner/outer relationship is better suited for fatigue resistant operation than buttons which require three dimensional thinking.

Do something with the Layer Gallery. My idea is to have a button for each layer, in the space to the left of the check boxes, that would automaticly set a consistent starting point: select that layer as current, set view and edit for that layer, and deselect view and edit for all other layers. I may need to hire someone to do this for me when I flare my nostrils and give my special nod... Also I'd be more inclined to give layers names that still made sense if I could edit by double clicking instead of going through properties.

Lose the splash screen, and find a long-process meter, functional escape key, and attempted crash file saved to Xara's program folder.

Slip the old brown dude a plate of sardines. He's not remembering user defaults, and seems morbidly fixated on scrollbars and the color black. And he doesn't start the program maximized; is he tired, uncertain? 'There now, up we go...'

There have been a couple dozen suggestions for interface improvement on this forum which, hope against hope, haven't fallen into the void. Things like: where appropriate use radio buttons in preference to drop down menus, and graphic symbols in preference to words ... use a shadow only on the icon for the shadow tool, not the transparency tool, duh ... hey there's an icon for transparency and a redundant transparency check box on the Gif export dialog ... add nudge to sliders, puh-lease ... etc ...

Perhaps people don't appreciate that design choices like naming two sliders with different functions 'smoothing' is problematic -- or for that matter notice that 'smoothing jr' ('simplify' or 'node reduction') is an on/off switch -- but I believe everyone eventually benefits from attention to interface refinement whether they realize it or not. If these sorts of observations seem petty and meddlesom, hire an interface consultant for a few days for a fresh view. (Consultant: 'Yeah, gave it the once over -- nothing wrong here boyo, it's smokein'! Leaves the competition in the dust!!).

One other thing, how about a new forum category called Bugs & Wishes to create a more efficient venue for input and monitoring. Xara's developers might also find it use full. Bugs: suspected, known, non-bugs, incompatibilities, fix history, work-arounds, issues to be solved, issues on the shelf. Wishes: users' needs and suggestions for improvements.

Assimilate, Ignore, Enjoy!

Ed Nadie

[ivivi]

It's already the greatest -- how to make it better?

** Bigger or settable sliders. On Brightness & Contrast, why can't I just grab the slider box and widen it to suit me? Otherwise give me a sensitivity setting or something.
And why can't I grab the tiny preview windows and make them bigger if I want?

**Customizable toolbars so I can make a button for Brightness & Contrast and so on.

**All-round improved export for printing, especially TIFF images.

**Easier ways to import and export between other major graphics programs - until that's sorted the so many artists won't consider making XX part of their toolkit.

**Oh, yes and an autogel button Pleeeeze.

Bill

Stuck in a tropical island paradise!

[Sean Sedwards]

Xara's native file format already supports multiple pages and even more complicated document structure. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any support within the program as yet.

My personal hatred is directed towards Xara's arrow heads. They're pretty much unusable for serious dimensioning because they're added to the length of the line but invisible while you're adjusting it. You often need several attempts to get the point where you want it.

Regards - Sean

[Bob C.]

1) It would be very helpful to be able to move between frames using the keyboard, i.e. the arrow keys.

2) An automatic way to renumber the frames.

3) An Onion Skin feature would be helpful.


Just my $.02 worth.

[Michael]

SVG file handling (im/Export)

Simplify EPS export (now I have to convert lines to shapes and text to shapes to have a succesful export)

Better template handling, I want to have templates which has Arial as default text, black as default fill, or Verdana and green as defaults