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Jan Peek

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    Jan Peek got a reaction from SnapArtboardsToPixels in Designer on iPad file storage   
    My final thoughts on this topic: iOS uses this “sandbox” approach to file storage, unlike its big brothers, eg Linux, Windows and Mac OS. All of the grownup OS’s  allow the end user (practically) unrestricted access to the  file system. In Windows, for example, if  you want to delete system files, thereby blowing up your system, knock yourself out. You are an admin after all, whether you wanted to be or not. If you don’t save your work, well gee, that’s too bad.
    The thinking behind obscuring the inner workings of iOS is (I’m assuming) is that end users need protection from their own ignorance.  I see the sense in that. Most  users are not system guys. It only becomes a problem when you also drill into users that they don’t need to worry about managing and protecting their data. The app ‘takes care of that” for you! I don’t deny responsibility for shooting myself in the foot here.. it’s just that after 30+ years of experience designing  hardware and software I still stepped in the metaphorical dog shit and deleted (‘closed”) my project file, not something I would do intentionally, ever. Memory is cheap, (unlike in the bad old days),  time is not. Would it not be cheap and simple to create a project file in the cloud giving the naive user a fallback in the event of such an accident? Because accidents will always happen and we can all use some protection. (This also raises the issue iOS’s lack of comprehensive system backups, which would also save your bacon in such circumstances. A whole other topic.)
    Thanks to everyone who helped walk me through this. Your willingness to help makes it easier being a newbie.
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from Paul Mudditt in Newby problem with grids   
    That did it. Thank you.
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from skmwrp in A few questions about the behavior of AD for ipad   
    I have now spent many hundreds of hours using AD for iPad using an Apple Pencil and iPad Pro 12.9. It has been mostly a great pleasure. There is no other iOS app that comes close to it for doing vector graphics and it’s pixel persona is fine for all but a few things which can be finished up in Photoshop. (Affinity Photo is good also but I’m so used to good old Photoshop I haven’t really pursued it.) I understand that Adobe is promising an iOS version of  illustrator, but they have a lot of catching up to do to match AD, and if Photoshop for iPad is any indication I’m not holding my breath.
    So kudos to the design team!
    But... (I’m sure you could see this coming) there are a few strange behaviors and omissions that prevent it from being a 5 star app (call it 4.5 at present) So....
    1) A minor issue, but a significant waste of time, no way to turn off spell check in settings. Yes, it can be turned off in the Text Studio burger menu. But it has to be turned off on EVERY entry. To add insult to injury when you deselect spellcheck, Guides are turned on. So that’s several unnecessary clicks, including turning off guides again on every entry. I realize that this issue has been raised repeatedly, but it doesn’t seem like it should be much effort to put it in settings.
    2) No rulers. Bad deficiency. I need to know precise  measurements for documents.
    3) The units seem stuck on points. In settings there is “Text in points” and “Lines in points”. What if I want it in pixels or inches? Some adjustments can be done in pixels but the main display remains in points.
    4) Dragging layers to arrange order is error prone. Very easy to miss your target. Which can make the object disappear into the ozone. Thank God for undo.
    5) Here’s the one that makes me scream. When editing text I select the text string. But if there are several paragraphs in the selection the virtual keyboard pops up and covers the target. And (this is the problem) when I try to use 2 fingers to bring it into view, it snaps back behind the keyboard. What is this about? Maddening.
     As always I know I may be missing something, so I’d be happy to know if I can get results another way.
    Regards - Jan
     
     
     
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from GreenLion in A few questions about the behavior of AD for ipad   
    I have now spent many hundreds of hours using AD for iPad using an Apple Pencil and iPad Pro 12.9. It has been mostly a great pleasure. There is no other iOS app that comes close to it for doing vector graphics and it’s pixel persona is fine for all but a few things which can be finished up in Photoshop. (Affinity Photo is good also but I’m so used to good old Photoshop I haven’t really pursued it.) I understand that Adobe is promising an iOS version of  illustrator, but they have a lot of catching up to do to match AD, and if Photoshop for iPad is any indication I’m not holding my breath.
    So kudos to the design team!
    But... (I’m sure you could see this coming) there are a few strange behaviors and omissions that prevent it from being a 5 star app (call it 4.5 at present) So....
    1) A minor issue, but a significant waste of time, no way to turn off spell check in settings. Yes, it can be turned off in the Text Studio burger menu. But it has to be turned off on EVERY entry. To add insult to injury when you deselect spellcheck, Guides are turned on. So that’s several unnecessary clicks, including turning off guides again on every entry. I realize that this issue has been raised repeatedly, but it doesn’t seem like it should be much effort to put it in settings.
    2) No rulers. Bad deficiency. I need to know precise  measurements for documents.
    3) The units seem stuck on points. In settings there is “Text in points” and “Lines in points”. What if I want it in pixels or inches? Some adjustments can be done in pixels but the main display remains in points.
    4) Dragging layers to arrange order is error prone. Very easy to miss your target. Which can make the object disappear into the ozone. Thank God for undo.
    5) Here’s the one that makes me scream. When editing text I select the text string. But if there are several paragraphs in the selection the virtual keyboard pops up and covers the target. And (this is the problem) when I try to use 2 fingers to bring it into view, it snaps back behind the keyboard. What is this about? Maddening.
     As always I know I may be missing something, so I’d be happy to know if I can get results another way.
    Regards - Jan
     
     
     
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from DM1 in A few questions about the behavior of AD for ipad   
    I have now spent many hundreds of hours using AD for iPad using an Apple Pencil and iPad Pro 12.9. It has been mostly a great pleasure. There is no other iOS app that comes close to it for doing vector graphics and it’s pixel persona is fine for all but a few things which can be finished up in Photoshop. (Affinity Photo is good also but I’m so used to good old Photoshop I haven’t really pursued it.) I understand that Adobe is promising an iOS version of  illustrator, but they have a lot of catching up to do to match AD, and if Photoshop for iPad is any indication I’m not holding my breath.
    So kudos to the design team!
    But... (I’m sure you could see this coming) there are a few strange behaviors and omissions that prevent it from being a 5 star app (call it 4.5 at present) So....
    1) A minor issue, but a significant waste of time, no way to turn off spell check in settings. Yes, it can be turned off in the Text Studio burger menu. But it has to be turned off on EVERY entry. To add insult to injury when you deselect spellcheck, Guides are turned on. So that’s several unnecessary clicks, including turning off guides again on every entry. I realize that this issue has been raised repeatedly, but it doesn’t seem like it should be much effort to put it in settings.
    2) No rulers. Bad deficiency. I need to know precise  measurements for documents.
    3) The units seem stuck on points. In settings there is “Text in points” and “Lines in points”. What if I want it in pixels or inches? Some adjustments can be done in pixels but the main display remains in points.
    4) Dragging layers to arrange order is error prone. Very easy to miss your target. Which can make the object disappear into the ozone. Thank God for undo.
    5) Here’s the one that makes me scream. When editing text I select the text string. But if there are several paragraphs in the selection the virtual keyboard pops up and covers the target. And (this is the problem) when I try to use 2 fingers to bring it into view, it snaps back behind the keyboard. What is this about? Maddening.
     As always I know I may be missing something, so I’d be happy to know if I can get results another way.
    Regards - Jan
     
     
     
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from Markio in Designer on iPad file storage   
    I hear you. Though iOS has evolved somewhat lately, the original decision by Jobs preventing users access to the file system was OK for a consumer appliance , but really awkward for serious creative work. I love working on my 12.9” IPad Pro with Apple Pencil but the limits imposed by iOS remain an annoyance.
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    Jan Peek got a reaction from Markio in Designer on iPad file storage   
    Thanks for your explanation. So I did delete that file. No big thing I guess since nobody was depending on it..
    In most professional applications, the opposite of close is open. Reversible. Kind of unfriendly to delete a lot of work based on a naive user choosing ‘close.
    I can’t believe I am the first (or last) newbie to make this mistake. It could be handled better by storing the source file outside the box in cloud storage.. That way the user would have to delete the file explicitly to lose it completely. 

    Do you know how to raise this suggestion with the Affinity design team?
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