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[Bubl]

Hello. I am thinking about switch to Affinity designer as main vector software. So I downloaded trial.
There is a lot of possibilities and nice interface with good contextual flexibility. Really good. But you know well about good things.
So I will write, only what is wrong in my opinion.

1. Very Poor hotkeys: short list, no ability to set hotkey right from interface.
2. No functions for reset rotation/scale/shear for object. Especially desired for mass-edit.
3. No drag behavior with text input fields. I need to click and call slider instead just drag. This old and excessive UI.
4. No free canvas rotation with mouse tweaks (only menu options without hotkeys)
5. Rotated canvas looks ugly/aliased. (pic 1) even raster software can do it clear and nice, why vector  software can`t?
6. Right click menu still use full list with dimmed options instead short list. Look at pic2. Why should I see half of non-working menu? More contextual flexibility please.
7. No contextual help or function search. Like select node and press Ctrl+F1 instead F1 (global help).
8. Why Ctrl+J is for duplicate? J == join (and used so in other applications). It looks like you are not familiar with hotkey logic: somkey == function. Alt+ somkey == alternative or opposite version of this function. Ctrl+A = select all, Alt+A == deselect all. There is no reason to use Ctrl+D,  because second key (Ctrl) used. It can be reasonable if you use A to select all and D to deselect. Check Blender (3d software) as an example of highspeed hotkey workflow. May be you think about full hotkey support and contextual Pie-menus.
9. No fast-scatter tool (check Inkscape): select few objects, select spray tool and scatter em. That easy.
10. Affinity forces me to use Aero and do not start at all with fast interface. But I switched it back after start and  all work fine and fast. Please replace error message and termination to temporary warning (with checkbox «do not show next time»). If Affinity need specialsettings for 3d-acceleration, you can add your profile to nVidia drivers or share it.

Thanks for your attention. No need to reply here. If you like so, send me e-mail.

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Edited May 11, 2020 by Bubl