[2ndorderthought]

Because the authors don't owe you anything. You aren't giving them a single thing. They don't have to justify a thing. There is no SLA, no contract, nothing.

Feedback is fine, but there are so comments being things like "ermahgerd I paid nothing for this thing and a feature wasn't working What the actual F!". Go file an issue and fix it yourself buddy.

[richardlblair]

The feedback wasn't that though.

The worst thing they said was that it was "kinda disappointing". Which is perfectly valid. They really want to use inkscape but can't.

[2ndorderthought]

Yea sure but read the comments in this post it's kinda gross.

[richardlblair]

Then hop on those comments.

[chongli]

Users don’t owe the authors anything either. If they want to ignore longstanding complaints, they can toil in obscurity.

Heck the only reason this post made the front page of HN is because of lingering goodwill that was built up when the software was actually decent. Now that it’s regressed into uselessness, the goodwill is drying up. I, frankly, don’t have any interest in the software anymore, since it was rendered unusable. I recommend everyone steer clear of it as well.

[2ndorderthought]

I don't think it really matters if they are on the front page of HN. It's free software they don't need to market it right? Maybe it helps them find people willing to contribute to the issues though. So there is that.

You are free to do that. I've only used inkscape like half a dozen times. It was fine for me.

[michaelmrose]

This is a very negative statement and even if it were true it wouldn't belong here. It's unkind and unfair.

[cwillu]

“uselessness” he says…

[2ndorderthought]

I'm not a big inkscape user or a big fan but last time I used it that was absolutely not a word that approached my mind... ...