NewInBoston
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16 hours ago, Artsketch said:
This does not convince me.
Which part? The Apple ToS (real), or something else?
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58 minutes ago, Artsketch said:
The simplest solution would have been to add an IN APP button for discounted purchase of the new features to V1. New customers would have been able to buy the apps at the new price. Just like others do, despite app stores. Instead of disappointing some loyal customers, or even making them enemies. Unwise marketing.
Ash posted a response to the in app purchase critique which I find more than reasonable. Did you happen to read it? Here is a link to the post.
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On 11/26/2022 at 5:41 AM, Ali said:
This is why I left and didn't post for a long time. I have only returned because of the V2 release, but am now about to remove my bookmark to the forum (again). It seems to be full of trolls these days, and some particularly nasty ones.
It’s the Great Peasants’ Revolt. I guess that comes with having such a low barrier to entry all these years.
Oh well, maybe by V3 the peasants will have left.
Hold the line 💪
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1 hour ago, loukash said:
It's a display bug. I vaguely remember it's been already reported and likely logged. In any case I remember to have posted to such a bug report a few weeks ago.
In other words, no conspiracy, no evil deeds. Just a simple bug.
Good to hear. I also noticed it felt a bit off, and seem to consistently miss nesting/mask/group target.
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5 hours ago, Gianni Becattini said:
No, Boston, you are wrong seeing a bad willing from my side. I decided to buy the new release in first moment I sow it. As I said, software development costs.... The biggest point is selling something that does not work correctly. I believe that if you buy a dishwasher that chops your dishes, you were not happy. My company manages electronic payments. If we loose your money, are you going to simply forgive us?
The other point is that many of us hoped that the new update could bring features that we were expecting since years. "Hundredths of improvements". A Publisher V2 not able to simply cross-reference pages as it should? Even free packages do that. You must admit that it is a bit disappointing, isn't it?
In my absolutely personal opinion that I hope does not offend you or others, it is a mistake, more than a trick, to use the trust of the customers to sell something that was not adequately tested. I should have been more prudent before buying, you are absolutely right. And obviously I will try to be not so dumb in the future.
This should be your main post thesis, I would not have commented.
I can empathize with you, fair points. I don’t agree with them, but that’s your right.
But this is not affecting everyone so I am not sure it is the right approach to call Serif untrustworthy due to isolated experiences. I also would love a bug free experience for all software I use, but that is not the case.
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44 minutes ago, debraspicher said:
That's a lot of words just to say "My needs are more important than others, therefore I can be disrespectful towards anyone whenever I please".
I peaked at their history before posting. There's no character assassinations in his posts. They clearly have a language barrier, but in your eyes it means a free pass to treat another human being like literal dogcrap. "Next".
No, not at all. And you did this last thread to another user - appeal to victim status. I don’t have the habit of seeing others as disadvantaged, to me the writing was clear.
Hailing for technical support (which everyone here supports) is not the same as what was posted.
My writing is blunt but civil. Rants posted on a public forum are not free of criticism. Thanks for reeeeeeeeading!
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3 hours ago, debraspicher said:
Perfectly valid opinion to hold. Just ignore the trolling. There's a few people who will brigade posts and there's not much that can be done about it. Serif doesn't moderate the forums (that I can tell), but they're likely reading your posts. There's many posts like this that have been made, so you're not in some kind of minority. I'm unaffected by the V2 issues (yay!), but I can see that it's happening for others and is causing legitimate issues for them.
Brigading, trolling? The front page is dominated by rant after rant. Positivity posts congratulating serif were shill bombed within minutes. There are constructive ways to express dissatisfaction without having to resort to character assassination or slander.
OP did not mention technical issues until later in thread, which obviously no one would argue with. Saying otherwise is somewhat disingenuous. Only slander and misleading remarks catch my attention and merit my attention.
"Really Embarrassed" is not a constructive thread title and does not convey a technical issue in anyway. It is the very definition of trolling. The sky is not falling, and hyperbolic writing is not at all productive.
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20 hours ago, Gianni Becattini said:
and was in some way proud of it, giving my microscopic help to a growing and "different" software house.
While expecting lifetime free updates?
20 hours ago, Gianni Becattini said:V2 changed deeply my attitude: trusting Serif, I jumped on it immediately, but I had to understand that there were very few improvements,
So use V1? Or request a refund? But that would undermine your position that Serif is “unreasonable.”
20 hours ago, Gianni Becattini said:Serif formula could not be sustained in long periods, without some tricks like the bigs.
I would hardly consider charging a small fee for V2 a trick. Btw Serif brought us years of free updates.
A trick would be creating a monopoly by buying up startups, push proprietary formats, then force a perpetual LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION FEE for access.
That, my friend, is a trick. Anything else is simply business.
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7 minutes ago, debraspicher said:
Not at all.
I suppose if the content and virtuous among these forums are considered the nails then I agree.
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I might be in the minority, but the stroke width slider seems imprecise for values less than 1 pt. Considering most of the page templates are in ratio with .1 to 1 pt width, trying to assign .3, for example, is very tricky as it requires pixel perfect precision.
This is why I though it might be more beneficial to make the slider logarithmic so initial values (lower) are easier to select. I do not use anything above 10 pts, so a smooth linear line to 100 pt seems less beneficial.
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2 hours ago, debraspicher said:
The Japanese also say "the nail that sticks out gets hammered"
Which I believe translates loosely to an English proverb “The squeaky wheel gets the grease” 😀
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7 hours ago, Gianni Becattini said:
I am not a graphical designer like most of you, but the founder and managing director of a rather big international industry, operating in IT and electronics.
I remained fascinated by the Affinity Forum atmosphere, from so many enthusiasts believing in a nice dream of an alternative to big brands, and from the help that many of you gave me promptly when I needed (we have a graphic team internally, but I create personally most of the many documents of my company).
So I decided to force a switch in my company from Ado to Affinity (few licenses, not a big deal for anybody), and was in some way proud of it, giving my microscopic help to a growing and "different" software house.
V2 changed deeply my attitude: trusting Serif, I jumped on it immediately, but I had to understand that there were very few improvements, albeit sold as extraordinary, a dramatic drop in stability, few euros to pay, and no way back.
It is a little sad: David didn't bring down Goliath, but has learnt something from him...
Perhaps the reality is that software development is really expensive, and the Serif formula could not be sustained in long periods, without some tricks like the bigs. I can understand that even too well, and don't blame; many companies are forced to do that growing.
Certainly Serif hat dissipated a great deal of trust and empathy.
Hi Adobe 👋, welcome to the forums. How is your infiltration campaign going? I love Serif.
The end.
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Companies don’t usually offer discounted rates for currency conversion because anyone can now switch on a VPN and change their region to Brazil, for example.
Have you considered using Gimp? It’s free and is more than enough for a hobbyist. Also, Blender has ink tool and other drawing components- different idea but it’s free as well.
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Nice mockups!
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On 11/22/2022 at 5:43 AM, Stepaan said:
Yes, how could I be so foolish to believe, I can simply express my support for Serif here on the forum. And even more. I thought, some people would follow...
Much of what we see here on the forums is manufactured outrage from new accounts and sleeper accounts. Some hilarious examples are new accounts threatening to switch to Adobe CC expensive monthly subscription rather than pay a small fee for V2. Since muting some of the more over-the-top manic/obsessive posters, my visits here are much more enjoyable.
Glad you are loving the update!
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30 minutes ago, MoonaticDestiny said:
I dont think serif should be using the reverse darker gray box. Its weird and its confusing users.
UI conventions use this technique because of how light works in the real world, it builds off how shadows work. Your example is opposite, and would be confusing if an icon doesn’t allow interactivity there would be no way to show it.
When showing depth an outer shadow is used while to show inner depth an inner shadow is used. The tricky part is making this work with a flat UI style.
In this case their hierarchy of colors is correct, but have been used to represent both toggle and active states which could use distinction, though I don’t think it is unintuitive for the majority of users.
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Blue might work for active tools, though, and reserve darker state for on/off scenarios.
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4 minutes ago, MoonaticDestiny said:
Im trying to understand you comment. So....snap is a button that can be turned off or on (toggled). So making it blue shows that its been turned on. Tapping it again would turn it off. Its currently "turned on" in the last example. When its off, it will return to the way it is in the example before the last one. Snap has been "selected" and turned on.
For the selection tool in the last example. I think i messed up. It shouldnt have been a blue box. It should have been a light gray box because now Im going back to how they currently have it with the reverse highlight dark gray indicator only this time I made it blue.
I just checked V2 designer on iPad and one thing I noticed missing from desktop is hot keys up top showing as not available when an object selection isn’t active.
The snap icon makes sense though because darker means recessed or pressed. It might benefit from a little inner shadow to show it as an inset button.
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Another thing I noticed that makes sense as-is are the transpose tools. They aren’t options that are active or not because they are simply stateless hot keys. Flip horizontal, for example is directional and the visual queue needed comes from the object.
It really exists as a convenience to the right click menu containing transpose selectors.
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8 hours ago, MoonaticDestiny said:
The last option looks like it’s selected instead of toggled. Snap is a toggle not an active selection.
You’ve posted quite a few opinions on how you think UI should look. Do you have a portfolio of work you can share so we may see your work in action to get an idea of how you apply these examples?
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20 hours ago, ThirtyFiveThousand said:
If you want to put a logo on a 3D object, then why not just put it on a 3D object?
That’s great, how did you do this?
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2 minutes ago, Aongus Collins said:
Credit where credit's due: Serif addressed the MSIX issue within 3 working days. And apologised for their offices being closed over the intervening weekend
As a pro user, I never put a 0.0 version on a production system. It goes on a spare until I get a chance to test. So far V2 of Affinity is very stable for my workflow, so long as hardware acceleration is disabled.
V2 has a very bright future. It seems the entire core of the software needed to fork to v2 to clear the way for 2.0 roadmap and shed eliminate whatever technical barriers existed in v1.
Considering the complexity of StudioLink, something even Adobe can’t replicate without rewriting 20+ years of legacy code stacked on legacy code across all of their apps, this release is pretty smooth.
Forums are never a reliable indicator of overall satisfaction because happy users are busy working.
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On 11/9/2022 at 4:16 PM, MoonaticDestiny said:
Yeah, no. Everything you said is wrong and I say that because there is a theory that justifies why buttons closer to you is better than reaching for them at the top or corner. I forgot the theories name. I have to look it up but it justifies why adobes context toolbar works. Again, i forgot the name. Ill get it to you later when it comes to me.
Affinity making you reach the bottom left corner is them stopping and breaking up your workflow.
Three finger swipe is now available in v2 so the delete button is now in the quick menu.
Adding it back does hurt because now our workflows are being stopped and broken up.
Not speaking for accessibility users, but for users operating with two hands my left hand is literally right at the lower left of my iPad doing nothing while my right hand holds the pen. Literally right next to the delete button.
Also Fitts law is antithetical to speed. Popup menus right where I am working are horrible. They get in the way, are cumbersome, and add time to each step. It’s right up there with GDPR invoking annoying “I accept this is a website and understand I am using the internet” buttons.
Just look at Wordpress Guttenberg editor which has a control panel obtrusively popup above textual input anytime the cursor is moved.
I think there can be multiple ways to delete an object including swipe (requires putting pen down, btw), and a static icon.
At the end of the day, all use cases can be accommodated.
Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.
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Well met, let’s keep creating.