jarek-foksa

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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
I need a rock solid support for Custom Elements, Shadow DOM and Pointer Events. There is a ton of browser-specific bugs that need special handling and workarounds.
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
I did test the app for compatibility with Wacom Intuos. "Blob" tool already supports pressure sensitivity [1], as you said it was relatively easy to implement with the Pointer Events API. I'm not sure how pressure and tilt in
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Yes, heaps of interest from people who can't code or provide financial support but who like to complain. Same with Gravit (then known as Stagestack) who failed to raise 20.000 USD from Fireworks community [1]. Or with Akira and its Kic
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
https://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+71,chrome+80
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
It looks like there is currently only one person in charge of OCAL and he works on it for free, which would explain why it takes so long to bring it back. It's also sad to see that Pixabay has basically copied all assets from OpenClipa
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Originally I was assuming that the vast majority of potential desktop app users would discover it throw the app stores, therefore the website should focus on marketing the web app. I guess this assumption was wrong, I will update the market
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Boxy SVG desktop app does not and will not require recurring payments. You pay for it once and after that you will be receiving updates for free as long as I'm in charge of the project (i.e. I won't get hit by a bus or something a
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
I'm working on it alone, which is possible thanks to Electron and Chromium projects which are abstracting away the difficult tasks. BTW, the widget toolkit used by Boxy SVG is open sourced and can be used by other projects. You can try
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
I know and I feel bad about it, but I have to make some compromises due to limited resources. Supporting all major operating systems is already a huge undertaking even if you use Electron. Besides, everything seems to suggest that Firefox w
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Monthly subscription is used only by the web app. The desktop app requires a single payment, after that you can continue using it and receive updates for free.
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
It's a commercial project, I have updated my comment to make it clear. I would open source it if it was a sustainable option. In the past Gravit and Xara did try to use the open source model, but there was very little interest from the
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
If you just want to crop a photo and add some filters to it, most vector graphics editors can do that and are good enough.
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Just in case you are looking for a commercial alternative to Inkscape with a more modern UI and Chromium-based rendering engine, check out my project Boxy SVG: https://boxy-svg.com The next version (to be released in 2-3 weeks)
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Here is my conspiracy theory. It is completely hypothetical and unsourced and I really hope it is untrue, but any scenario should be considered. Brendan Eich is a shill controlled by Google and US goverment agencies. The social media mob at
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Social media mobs are not the the root problem that we should be concerned with. They are just a byproduct of a bigger issue which is control of the major media outlets by big corporations. It is in their best interest to polarize the socie
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
It's worth mentioning that Stallman was appearing on Russia Today on a regular basis, usually to support the Russian narrative rather than to advocate the Free Software. If you are shilling for foreign oligarchs, expect the US disinfor
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Just another shameless plug here. I'm developing an SVG editor which focuses on generating clean and readable SVG files (e.g. no redundant namespaces, metadata or deeply nested structures). You can try it online on https://b
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Boxy SVG ( https://boxy-svg.com ) and macSVG ( http://macsvg.org ) use SVG as a native format as well. Since Inkscape is a general purpose design app rather than just an SVG editor, it is adding a lot of metadata to the
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by jarek-foksa 7y ago
Boxy SVG [1] has a user interface which is heavly influenced by Inkscape. The Linux version was released just few days ago and it is currently available for free on the Snap Store [2]. The macOS, Windows and Chrome OS versions cost only 9 U
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by jarek-foksa 8y ago
If you need a bit more advanced SVG editing functionality, check out my app Boxy SVG [1]. It allows you to easily define and manage an entire iconset in a single SVG file [2] (each icon can be placed in a separate <symbol> element). [
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
Check out https://type-fu.com for a programmer-oriented typing tutor. It has a built-in keyboard layout editor with presets for Colemak and Dvorak (and many others). You can also paste your own code snippets for practice.
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Exploring canvas drawing techniques(perfectionkills.com)
1 points by jarek-foksa 9y ago|0 comments
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
Thanks! If I recall correctly, the simplest algorithm was as follows: 1. When user begins scaling an object, compute the initial bounding box (bbox) of the object. 2. On each pointer move determine the scaled bbox into which the object shou
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Show HN: Boxy SVG editor(boxy-svg.com)
7 points by jarek-foksa 9y ago|2 comments
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
> No one in their right mind would even think about writing and using WebComponents in vanilla JS. Why not? I have written a complete widget toolkit [1] this way. With vanilla APIs the code is a bit more verbose and repetitive, but in tu
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
There are also two other Electron-based vector graphics editors on the app store: - Boxy SVG - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/boxy-svg/id611658502 - Vectr - https://itunes.apple.com/us/a
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
Boxy SVG [1] is an Inkscape clone built with Electron and Xel widget toolkit [2]. I would say its UI is on pair with native macOS apps such as Pages or Keynote. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/boxy-svg/id6
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
An abstraction layer can be still useful even though its core assumptions don't reflect the reality and could be easily disproven by a scientific experiment. Take classical physics for example. Just to be clear, I was not defending any
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by jarek-foksa 9y ago
When programming you learn practical ways to distinguish between good and bad abstractions. A good abstraction should make it easier to reason about given problem and make you more efficient. A bad abstraction complicates the problem or eve
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by jarek-foksa 10y ago
Thanks for feedback. This issue should be resolved now (I had to use window.location.replace() instead of window.location.pathname ).

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