Wow this new input tool is one of the few ideas that I wanted to suggest (I've never used Xara). I believe this feature is very important and will dramatically increase the speed of using pen tool and consequently dramatically increase the spontaneity and fluidity of the drawing process. Click-click...

Hi, I'm a new member. I've been using inkscape for a few months now. Needless to say it's a great program. Straight to the point now, inkscape got lots of filter effects (even when the one I use 99% of the time is just the gaussian blur). But they can be very cumbersome. This problem can restrain us...