firstnose

Hi All,

I am thrilled to announce that Affinity is joining the Canva family.
This is a moment of great excitement, anticipation, and profound gratitude for all of you who have been part of our story so far. 
We know that those of you who’ve put your faith in Affinity, some since we launched our very first Mac app, will have questions about what this means for the future of our products. Since the inception of Affinity, our mission has been to empower creatives with tools that unleash their full potential, fostering a community where innovation and artistry flourish. We've worked tirelessly to challenge the status quo, delivering professional-grade creative software that is both accessible and affordable. 
None of that changes today.
In Canva, we’ve found a kindred spirit who can help us take Affinity to new levels. Their extra resources will mean we can deliver much more, much faster. Beyond that, we can forge new horizons for Affinity products, opening up a world of possibilities which previously would never have been achievable. 
Canva’s revolutionary approach to design democratisation and commitment to empowering everyone to create aligns perfectly with our core values and vision. This union is a testament to what can be achieved when two companies that share a common goal of making design accessible and enjoyable for everyone come together. 
I want to express my deepest gratitude to our incredible Affinity team. Your passion, dedication, and relentless pursuit of excellence have been the driving force behind our success so far, and I can’t wait to continue this journey with you all. 
To our loyal users and the creative community, your support and feedback have been invaluable. You’ve inspired us to push boundaries and continuously improve, and we’re excited to embark on this new chapter together. 
The future is bright, and I am incredibly excited to continue our story together and create a world where design is within everyone's reach.
With heartfelt thanks,
Ash
For more information...
We have made four pledges to the Affinity community which you can read here. We have included some FAQs at the bottom of the announcement article here. A video message from me with some more background is on YouTube here. This announcement post is locked, but I have included a duplicate of it in the questions forum here which you can respond to.

We want a direct button to instantly switch between the two app, like on the desktop app.

We want a direct button to instantly switch between the two app, like on the desktop app.

It took me a while to see it too, it's not very visible at first.

I would have preferred to have the option here.

We want a direct button to instantly switch between the two app, like on the desktop app.

It took me a while to see it too, it's not very visible at first.

I would have preferred to have the option here.

I suspect different teams work on different parts. One team, bug fixes, another translations. Quick release of bug fixes  but takes time to catch up translation fixes. Better to release early than waiting for both operations to be completed before releasing.🤔

Hi @firstnose,
This issue is being looked into and should be fixed in the next patch if all goes well. If you find more non-translated interface elements let us know please. Thank you.

Hi @firstnose,
We are looking into this (in-app help) and other translation issues you have reported. Thanks for your feedback/patience.

Wrong icon for text adjustment on the right.

 

Wrong icon for text adjustment on the right.

 

If everyone is going to write in his own language we can end-up with one different language for every post and it's becoming a mess.

Indeed, there is only one forum. I expressed myself badly, I did not want to hurt you. On the other hand I don't understand your "expand your world".
Personally, when I follow a forum where everyone expresses themselves in the same language (the same when I travel), I adapt myself, out of respect and ease of understanding of the other speakers (I am French speaking). So I do the opposite exercise. No need to translate into each of the separate languages.
But you are right, I don't have any advice to give you.
Have a nice evening.

Hi @firstnose,
Thanks for your feedback/report. I'm logging this to be looked at.

I have seen Serif mods in the past say that one can post in whatever language. However, as a practical matter, I would recommend the poster use a translation site when making the post rather than rely on the readers to do so. Otherwise, fewer people will read the post. I always just skip over posts in languages I can’t read because it breaks the flow to keep switching to a translation site, especially when I am reading on mobile. But I say that as a personal recommendation and by no means a requirement, so each can do as he likes. 

Considering everyone else is speaking english, and this is primarily an english forum, it should be on them to translate their comment, even badly, to the rest of the audience. I'm saying that as a bilingual and non-english native.
 
Anyway, with that out of the way, after using the apps a bit, while I do appreciate the splash of colour, the old icons had a much much clearer silhouette compared to the new ones, where we have fancy gradients, strokes, and overall an uneven visual language, with some icons being overly complicated (the transparency tool icon in AFDesigner, shape builder tool, zoom tool, and artboard tool among others) and some being reduced to a stroke (all the shape icons, which went from clearly standing out filled shapes to outlines with a slightly darkening fill). While the old ones didn't pop as much, they were much more even. Also for the general flat design direction - while it feels more "modern", input contrast is severely impaired, with buttons and other inputs standing out quite a bit less than before, though this could easily be fixed with tweaking some UI colours (looking mainly at the top bar, the paragraph tab is a good example of how increasing the contrast can make things stand out without the need of the skeuomorphic outline).

It took me a while to see it too, it's not very visible at first.

I would have preferred to have the option here.

Hello, Did you see you are on a english forum? Please speak in the language of the forum so that we can understand you. It sounds interesting what you are saying.

Hopefully we'll get the layer visibility checkmarks back in a future update. I don't think the new dots work well enough.

I've been using Affinity for a long time and by now the old UI was completely transparent to me. I no longer paid attention to how the symbol looked, but only called up functions that I needed. 
It was only through this article that I started to look at the icons again. 
Some are successful. Some (in the contour palette) are less so. 
Much more important for me are the small improvements in the palettes that save me dozens of clicks.
In the colour panel I now have the last used colours. I no longer have to switch to the colour panels. I see the hex colours directly and can copy them for documentation. Great!
Something like this is much more important to me than the design of a button, which I no longer notice after a few clicks anyway. Have you discovered similar small improvements?

Thansk firstnose,
I have reproduce this and logged it with development.

The image is talking by itself. See on the bottom right.  « Ajouter un préréglage »
 

Hello, Did you see you are on a english forum? Please speak in the language of the forum so that we can understand you. It sounds interesting what you are saying.

Hello, Did you see you are on a english forum? Please speak in the language of the forum so that we can understand you. It sounds interesting what you are saying.

The old menu had 11 items, the new select box has 13.
It's not a space issue. The new menu is actually over 30% wider than the one in version 1. See my attached image for quick mock up of how the old style icons could look in the new menu.
The new dropdown reduces usability dramatically, by forcing the user to read through a list of tiny names, all in the same colour. Before, my brain associated PDF with the red icon. Now I've got hunt for it. This is bad UI.