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Just discovered Boxy SVG and I’m in love 😍

https://boxy-svg.com/

#svg #illustation #web #design

Boxy SVG Editor

boxy-svg.com
#design #web #svg #illustation
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NiTroll Robin
NiTroll Robin
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Very good online tool indeed ^^
thanks for sharing.

I don't understand why it's not technically compatible with firefox though. It doesn't matter.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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What makes it even better is that you can also download it and use it offline :)
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Looks like it (couldn‘t find the source on https://github.com/jarek-foksa?tab=repositories although the underlying interface library appears to be).

I’d love to know what the developer‘s plans for it are. This would also be a great opportunity for someone like NLNet to swoop in and support it being transitioned into the commons (before some VC swoops in and transitions it into being a people farmer).

jarek-foksa - Repositories

boxy-svg.com developer. jarek-foksa has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
GitHub
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Vegard (Hårfagre) Fjeldberg eo
Vegard (Hårfagre) Fjeldberg eo
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By the way, nowadays I usually refer to servers as gardens. I believe this will make owning a garden sound a lot less technical and a lot more fun. It would also create expectations of ease of use.

As example, freedombox and yunohost are aiming to be such garden operating systems. And Pioneer Freedombox is a garden.

#language #orange #digitalissues
#language #orange #digitalissues
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Oh my goodness, the export settings… everything about this app… so minimalist, so beautiful… this should be in case studies for free/open usability.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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And those little touches… notice how the curve that the selected Bézier control point is affecting is highlighted in purple. And you can simply pull along there to shape the curve instead of manipulating the control point handles.

Just beautiful.

#svg #foss #boxySVG #web #design #vector #illustration
#foss #illustration #design #web #svg #vector #boxySVG
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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And, finally (there’s so much more but I’ll stop raving now and get back to work), the web-related features, like a built-in accessibility and scripting panel and access to the SVG source, styling, etc.

If you’re creating illustrations for the web (or, heck, in general) and you’re not using this absolute gem of an app, you’re missing out :)

#svg #web #design #vector #illustration
#illustration #design #web #svg #vector
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bhaugen
bhaugen
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Alas, we can't use anything but open/commons software. We work in collaborative networks where everybody needs to be able to use all of the software (if they want) or it will hurt the network.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I don’t understand… it’s free on free/open systems. So if you cannot use anything but open/commons software, you should be fine as everyone should be running Linux or some other free/open OS where they can use it for free. If someone is running macOS, which is where they have to pay for it, they’ve already violated your pledge to not use anything but open/commons software.
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bhaugen
bhaugen
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Thanks, sorry I misunderstood myself. If it's free on Linux. that's good. Better would be open to modification and extension. I'll keep looking and see if I can figure that out...
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Correction: the app itself doesn’t appear to be free/open (which is fine, it’s still an indie app and that definitely counts) although the interface library and some other components appear to be.

I also just wrote an email to the author to both praise him for making what is one of the most gorgeous apps I’ve seen in a long while and to ask what his plans are for the future.

I‘d love to see, for example, some EU funding being used to contribute this to the commons.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Ah, so the business model is that the app is sold on the Mac App Store and it’s free everywhere else. I’m totally cool with this.

Could still be open sourced under AGPL (like Better was) but I’m more than happy to see an indie developer making a living from an excellent app they’ve made.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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It's a bit more discriminatory. If you open the page with Safari, the only option is to buy the app. No editor. If you open the page with Chrome, it shows. That's kinda harsh, IMHO. Browser is browser. A website shouldn't reduce functionality just to sell the app. IMHO.
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T045T
T045T
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for me, opening with Safari shows me a message saying “to use the web app, open this page with [list of chrome based browsers]”.

Might just be a compatibility thing, since Safari and Firefox are just about the only browsers left that use a different engine.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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What are you talking about, of course it’s an gOpen Web based on gOpen Standards.

PS. The g is silent.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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And @T045T - the website promises "Boxy SVG project goal is to create the best tool for editing SVG files.[...] On any device and operating system." Which seems to really mean "ATM free for Chrome based browsers and Linux folks, Apple users please pay" - I am not saying it's wrong, but it does come over as misleading to me.
@T045T
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smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
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@apps is also a great example. #FediLab is a paid app on the #Google Prey store, and free on the fine #FDroid with a #GPL'ed codebase at #Codeberg ..

https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab

Fedilab

Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of microblogging, photo sharing and video hosting
Codeberg.org
#codeberg #google #fdroid #fedilab #gpl @Fedilab Apps
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Yeah, thanks for checking. You?
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BB
BB
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Looks interesting thanks. How would you say it compares to Inkscape?
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/108708182213886283

Also: scam? Really? Do fuck off.

ar.al🌻 (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

Ah, so the business model is that the app is sold on the Mac App Store and it’s free everywhere else. I’m totally cool with this.
Aral’s Mastodon
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I hear Facebook works in every browser. Thank goodness we have ethical folks like Zuckerberg who really embrace the open web.
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saturated :libreoffice:
saturated :libreoffice:
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Thanks for sharing. It looks really promising.

Since we are talking about online vector graphic editors, I would like to mention the marvelous @penpot

They have done an incredible job with their open-source app.
https://github.com/penpot/penpot

GitHub - penpot/penpot: Penpot - The Open-Source design & prototyping platform

Penpot - The Open-Source design & prototyping platform - GitHub - penpot/penpot: Penpot - The Open-Source design & prototyping platform
GitHub
@Penpot :penpot:
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Yep, love + use them. Only discovered Boxy when exports were timing out and I really needed that export :)
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saturated :libreoffice:
saturated :libreoffice:
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so boxy is faster! Good to know! :ac_happy:
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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It’s offline, not necessarily “faster” (not sure what faster means in this context) :)

Try them both out. See what works for you. You might even end up using both ;)
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Penpot :penpot:
Penpot :penpot:
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Hey!! A new release is on the way :-) our team is currently working on bug fixes and improvements!
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