Child-friendly version -- KIDSCAPE!
Migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170488
Proposal:
I'd really like to have a slimmed down version with less 'features' and large icons, designed for children.
I teach adults with learning difficulties, who are pre-literate. Many use symbols to communicate, and so drawing is an important skill. These users often benefit from a simple interface.
This enhancement requires a radical rethink of the interface. It's about avoiding feature creep and honing the interface down to the minimum.
Many web sites such as disney provide a web drawing page. http://www.isketch.net/isketch.shtml is an example, though you'll need to enter an empty room or wait your turn to see how simple the palette and paint is. Early paint tools were great in this respect.
SVG also needs to win the hearts and minds of people as well as us geeks and designing intefaces for children is where the most will be learned.
What happened?
- From 2004 to 2010, nothing
☹ . See https://blueprints.launchpad.net/inkscape/+spec/kidscape-project
Inkscape Version and Operating System:
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Migrator's Notes:
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Possibly a bigger request than it appears on the surface, resource/manpower-wise. After 16.5 years of developing Inkscape into what it is today, this is essentially stripping Inkscape back to its Sodipodi roots, possibly even simpler. One can imagine why Kidscape died on the vine.
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Bitmap is "easy." Vector is hard.