Adam Simon Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I was wondering what 's really missing from Affinity products. The toolset is innovative, creative and highly precise I love that. But the workflow could be more fluid. What I really like in UI apps, I only see what I need at the moment. When I select a rectangle I see every property for that shape. Rounding, stroke, rotation, translation, colors etc. I don't have to see paragraph or character options at this moment. It's really unnecessary. Do you planning to design anything like that for affinity? I've seen Adobe tried but it's not perfect. There is a few property missing from their dynamic panel. Here is the properties in Figma: Cuando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 It depends on habits. I don't like "I can do all" Panels because I will need to scroll up and down (Webflow, Adobe XD) and I find them limiting. In my case, Layers Panel, Transform Panel and Context Toolbar are what I use the most within Affinity Designer (plus Pages Panel in Publisher). Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 +1 on this. There are times when I'm using Affinity products where I feel like I'm back in the UX of a 2006 Word doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Simon Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, Mithferion said: It depends on habits. Depends yes. They could leave this as an option. Adobe did the same. In addition, habits are changing. This static tab UI is something from two decades ago. Nowadays there is more UX testing and research to make products easy to learn and use. It's a different approach. Affinity using the best technologies, but the UI is from DrawPlus. With a dynamic solution the UI could be more simple and focused and there could be an easier learning curve for newcomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 On 5/25/2021 at 5:52 AM, Adam Simon said: With a dynamic solution the UI could be more simple and focused and there could be an easier learning curve for newcomers. Well, the Context Toolbar is dynamic. With a wide enough screen you can see plenty of options. But since I am for "more power to the user", I wouldn't mind having it, even if I don't use it. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I am old fashioned and like floating palettes that can be called and hidden with kbd shortcuts. That is not so popular approach nowadays and Affinity does not support it all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Simon Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 Hmm... I'm really interested about Affinity's standpoint in this question. Can I just mention a developer here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Wild Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Might be slightly off topic but since its about the UI...I would like to see the option to change the backdrop colour of assets panels etc so that you can identify elements better ...sometimes I struggle ...also the option to view larger thumbnails...... And when a button is pressed it changes to an actual colour rather than a slightly different shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Adam Simon said: Hmm... I'm really interested about Affinity's standpoint in this question. Can I just mention a developer here? Serif generally does not comment on Feature Requests, and they prefer that we not "tag" a staff member who has not been previously involved in a discussion. So: You probably won't get their opinion. And You shouldn't mention a developer here. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Simon Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 30 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: they prefer that we not "tag" a staff member That's fair. I'm still happy if users having a chat about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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