Jorge Toledo @eldelacajita@mastodon.social

This isn't a story about a #software development feat or some cool stuff a skilled coder might be doing in their cave.

It's a story about how small improvements made in collaboration can make #freesoftware better, and how we all could become #MoreThanUsers if given a chance.

This is my first contribution to #Inkscape, but with the welcome and support I received from its awesome community, it may not be the last.

So thanks to @doctormo for putting us both in a position where this could happen, slowing himself down to speed me up.

(Small, but noticeable, I hope. Here you can see the previous and the new dialog side by side.)

And today, with the combination of @doctormo's #coding experience (and patience and support, I must say) and my limited #UX #design skills and ideas, this small improvement is making its way to the next release of #Inkscape, a program I use and love.

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/2489

Halfway into the process, someone else made another suggestion (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/ux/-/issues/36), which we incorporated into the design.

Then, @doctormo lured me into learning #Glade and putting my own hands to the task. Not being a developer, I hadn't even considered that as an option.

But I started iterating on possible designs, getting feedback from the rest of the community (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/1186)

This is why I love #freesoftware: you can go beyond being a user, and actually try (at least try!) to improve it.

First, I saw a possible improvement, reported it, and discovered that someone had already started working on it (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/2388)

Today I had the pleasure of doing an online coding&design session with @doctormo, and this is the result:

Behold the new #Inkscape About Dialog! #thread

The #Inkscape online hackfest is live!

Find out about what the "Vectors" team does, and other ways you can contribute to Inkscape besides coding.

https://digimedia1.r2.enst.fr/b/vec-tz3-fi9

You can help making #inkscape website better!

https://form.jotform.com/202037629422248

Great plan for today: the #InkscapeUX #hackfest!

https://inkscape.org/es/news/2020/07/07/el-summer-hackfests-2020-de-inkscape-sera-en-linea/