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Illustrator, which is essentially abandonware at this point, does indeed suck. There is one overwhelming defect that kills illustrator, at least for some of us

Illustrator, which is essentially abandonware at this point, does indeed suck. There is one overwhelming defect that kills illustrator, at least for some of us. It lacks the essential selection mode that Inkscape, Corel Draw, Sketch, and others have: only selecting objects that are totally enclosed by the marquee. Illustrator insists on selecting everything the marquee TOUCHES. The straight-up stupidity of this limitation becomes obvious as soon as you... well, do almost ANY drawing. Did you do a wireframe of a UI, but want to shift a group of labels? Have fun selecting each one separately instead of just drawing a box around them. The problem may not sound like a big deal if you don't work with this kind of app, but it is. It's a deal-breaker.

bergenty 4y ago
I’ve had a hell of a time just dividing a closed vector into two separate vectors. Scissors absolutely did not work sanely. What you’re supposed to do is use a line segment to bisect the vector. Then select just the vector and the line. Then go and find the shape builder tool and click on the two parts separately. This is madness. Why can’t I just draw a line from one part of the path to another and have it recognize that. There’s no trim feature, you have to mess around with whatever the hell the join function is. I’m coming from fusion 360 where everything is an intuitive dream to work with. Illustrator is straight trash.
- mytdi 4y ago
  Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but to divide a vector in Inkscape, draw a strait line through it, it doesn't matter if the line goes past the edge of the vector, then select both objects (vector and line) and go the the "Path" menu and chose "Division" (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+/ ).
waspight 4y ago
Abandonware, replaced by what exactly?
- NonNefarious 4y ago
  Nothing from Adobe. Affinity Designer is a competitor, but it's hobbled by some bad UI, missing functionality, and a "we're not gonna fix that" attitude from the publisher. Not a terrible option, but it has been disappointing. There's also Sketch, which offers a more limited toolset than some and seems to target UI design. Not bad. Some unintuitive UI and some bugs here and there that aren't getting fixed, but you can get stuff done and it's supported by quite a few design-collaboration platforms online. There doesn't seem to be any official user forum for Sketch, though, which is annoying. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that. Corel Draw, which is Windows-only, has always been better than Illustrator. It's pretty good.
  - waspight 4y ago
    I see. There are plenty of UI design tools like sketch, figma, adobe xd but Illustrator has the illustrative part as well. I don’t think any of the UI tools are a great replacement for that.
    - NonNefarious 4y ago
      Designer and Corel Draw are not UI-centric.

bergenty 4y ago

I’ve had a hell of a time just dividing a closed vector into two separate vectors. Scissors absolutely did not work sanely. What you’re supposed to do is use a line segment to bisect the vector. Then select just the vector and the line. Then go and find the shape builder tool and click on the two parts separately. This is madness. Why can’t I just draw a line from one part of the path to another and have it recognize that. There’s no trim feature, you have to mess around with whatever the hell the join function is. I’m coming from fusion 360 where everything is an intuitive dream to work with. Illustrator is straight trash.

mytdi 4y ago
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but to divide a vector in Inkscape, draw a strait line through it, it doesn't matter if the line goes past the edge of the vector, then select both objects (vector and line) and go the the "Path" menu and chose "Division" (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+/ ).

waspight 4y ago

Abandonware, replaced by what exactly?

NonNefarious 4y ago
Nothing from Adobe. Affinity Designer is a competitor, but it's hobbled by some bad UI, missing functionality, and a "we're not gonna fix that" attitude from the publisher. Not a terrible option, but it has been disappointing. There's also Sketch, which offers a more limited toolset than some and seems to target UI design. Not bad. Some unintuitive UI and some bugs here and there that aren't getting fixed, but you can get stuff done and it's supported by quite a few design-collaboration platforms online. There doesn't seem to be any official user forum for Sketch, though, which is annoying. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that. Corel Draw, which is Windows-only, has always been better than Illustrator. It's pretty good.
- waspight 4y ago
  I see. There are plenty of UI design tools like sketch, figma, adobe xd but Illustrator has the illustrative part as well. I don’t think any of the UI tools are a great replacement for that.
  - NonNefarious 4y ago
    Designer and Corel Draw are not UI-centric.