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“Being a large app with multiple ways to do almost everything, Illustrator also has multiple methods to export SVGs.” Bravo for phrasing that neutrally, becaus

“Being a large app with multiple ways to do almost everything, Illustrator also has multiple methods to export SVGs.” Bravo for phrasing that neutrally, because I see at least 4 ways to export SVGs, and I have no idea what Adobe actually wants you to use, because I increasingly think Adobe hates you. 1. Export for Screens… (which is what I generally use) 2. Export As… 3. The Asset Export panel. 4. Save As… The first 3 all use the same export engine (or at least I think they do), but they all expose the settings in different locations. And then there is Save As… which tends to mangle things, as described in the article, and also lets you save as SVGZ, which is supposedly compressed, but it’s not.

CSSer 5y ago
> because I increasingly think Adobe hates you. This is probably pretty tongue in cheek, but this may be anecdotally more true than you think. I once had the privilege of being part of an Adobe Creative Cloud user research/focus group. It was appalling. They were very defensive of their product and even hostile towards certain kinds of feedback. It very much diminished my faith in Adobe as a company. At the time I just sort of shrugged it off because in many ways there just simply was no viable professional alternative, but I feel like this is increasingly not the case. In a way I think their chickens may be coming home to roost.
- danielvaughn 5y ago
  The chickens are definitely coming home to roost. Figma is eating everyone’s lunch right now, even if they score low on this list. Their engineering is soooo good. It’s amazing how buttery smooth their tool feels - you can tell they’re one of the few companies that really care about performance. That and they’re adding features that no other design tool could easily replicate.

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“Being a large app with multiple ways to do almost everything, Illustrator also has multiple methods to export SVGs.” Bravo for phrasing that neutrally, becaus

by perardi 5y ago

CSSer 5y ago
> because I increasingly think Adobe hates you. This is probably pretty tongue in cheek, but this may be anecdotally more true than you think. I once had the privilege of being part of an Adobe Creative Cloud user research/focus group. It was appalling. They were very defensive of their product and even hostile towards certain kinds of feedback. It very much diminished my faith in Adobe as a company. At the time I just sort of shrugged it off because in many ways there just simply was no viable professional alternative, but I feel like this is increasingly not the case. In a way I think their chickens may be coming home to roost.
- danielvaughn 5y ago
  The chickens are definitely coming home to roost. Figma is eating everyone’s lunch right now, even if they score low on this list. Their engineering is soooo good. It’s amazing how buttery smooth their tool feels - you can tell they’re one of the few companies that really care about performance. That and they’re adding features that no other design tool could easily replicate.