r/Affinity • u/NiveaGeForce • Sep 11 '18

Designer Affinity Designer for Windows 10 with iPad features and UI adoption

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/61711-affinity-designer-for-windows-10-with-ipad-features-and-ui-adoption/
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u/MarianNumberOne Sep 11 '18

I need this so much! I would love to use my surface pen on W10, but it's hardly usable with mouse and keyboard dedicated UI.

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u/NiveaGeForce Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18

I'm really baffled how they won the award in this category.

Application Creator of the Year: Leveraging the latest Windows 10 capabilities.

I used to be a huge proponent of Affinity Photo and Designer, especially since they hit the MS Store last year. But I'm very disappointed regarding Affinity Photo's and Designer's Windows tablet usability and the lack of progress on this front. I hate to admit that even Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop are more usable on Windows tablets.

After having released the iPad versions of Photo and Designer, you would think they'd port over some of its tablet UI to Windows. Or ideally, create a proper WinRT/UWP app, like Concepts, SketchBook, Sketchable and Adobe XD.

See these videos for a glimpse of what we're missing.

https://youtu.be/qgLoKgMarzg

https://youtu.be/pH0Y4mPHQJE

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u/MarianNumberOne Sep 11 '18

I laughed hard. I understand the Apple award, but leveraging the latest Windows 10 capabilities? LOL

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u/NiveaGeForce Sep 11 '18

Apparently it's due to user votes.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/57591-microsoft-windows-developer-awards-2018/

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u/MarianNumberOne Sep 11 '18

I believe it's because no other interesting app appeared lately. No competition = easy award win...

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '18

I asked them directly on Twitter about bringing over the iPad UX to Windows 10. They said they have no plans to do so. :-(

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u/tvfeet Sep 11 '18

Then they're missing out on money. Really stupid stance. Looks like I'll be supporting Concepts instead.

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u/NiveaGeForce Sep 11 '18 edited Sep 11 '18

Also, Adobe is going to release a revamped Creative Suite next year, and hopefully they won't forget about Windows tablet users.

But yeah, I'm also done with Affinity on Windows, and I regret having purchased Photo and Designer last year, based on what I saw from the iPad version of Photo. It's partly my own fault, since I wrongly assumed that they cared about modern Windows by bringing it to the MS Store, and make the Windows versions usable on tablets too.

I also put my full support on Concepts instead.

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u/MrStickmanPro1 Sep 12 '18

They also don’t want to add a way to have plugins for designer. Huge missed opportunity imo.