Re: demise of FreeHand, future of Cenon

[Jesse Ross]

> Has there been any discussion of adapting Cenon to make use of more
> typical graphic design interface concepts? If not, would that be
> considered? Or could Cenon be forked to create a new program which
> would be more focused on the needs of a graphic designer? Or could a
> graphic design module be created which would significantly alter the
> interface?

As a designer, I'm a big fan of Freehand as well, and am very sad to  
see it go. Since Adobe has seemed to acquire a monopoly over design  
software, the only place left for real innovation and alternatives  
are in open source projects. Cenon would be a great tool to push into  
that market, and starting to add the features that William mentioned  
could make that a reality. XVG, Pixen and Seashore also seem to be  
good steps that direction, but, unfortunately, none of them have been  
written with GNUstep in mind.

http://uncommonplace.com/xvg/
http://opensword.org/Pixen/
http://seashore.sourceforge.net/index.php

So, while it would be great to get all or any of these tools over to  
GNUstep, Cenon has the advantage that it's already native.

In short, I agree with William. I would love to see Cenon move more  
this direction, and would be willing to offer any advice and  
suggestions that I can to help that transition take place.


J.