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Article ignoring the elephants in the room: Inkscape and Illustrator.
by billfruit 3y ago
Article ignoring the elephants in the room: Inkscape and Illustrator.
- ska 3y agoThose really don't solve the same problem. Personally, I've found a lot of stuff that could be a figma or drawio (or inscape etc., yes) are more effective being a PUML or DOT or MetaPost file (or whatever format floats your boat) - not because it's easier to make (it isn't) but because it's much easier to change coherently and they change a lot. You can version control it better also. If you want a prettier final form for some sort of final frozen version, redraw it in whatever tool you like.
- paradox460 3y agoI find mermaid is simple enough non tech people can use it, and has fairly broad support. PUML can obviously do more, but mermaid is there, which helps out tremendously
- billfruit 3y agoWhy not SVG, which is what Inkscape is built around?
- Solvency 3y agoMaybe in terms of generic vectors. Neither of those are even remotely comparable to Figma's full feature set.
- codedokode 3y agoCould you give several examples of what is missing in Inkscape, but is implemented well in Figma? I only used Inkscape so I don't know much about Figma.
- jwells89 3y agoMy experience with Inkscape is limited but last I used Illustrator, it felt very print-oriented and awkward at best for the use case of creating screen-destined vector graphics. That's actually what pushed me into starting to use Sketch for those purposes about a decade ago.
- billfruit 3y agoI think Inkscape isn't that print oriented, the tools available in it work very well for both print and digital applications. Even Inkscape's native format is SVG which is primarily a screen/digital format.
- happytoexplain 3y agoThey are simply not interface design or diagramming tools (I have a good amount of experience with both).
- DHPersonal 3y agoThere's Affinity Designer, too. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/ https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/