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Thelonius

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Text rendering incorrectly when zooming
« on: January 29, 2021, 11:19:10 am »
https://vimeo.com/505898599

Sparx needs to refactor their graphics rendering code. And take a hard look at their overall product strategy. All the fiddly widgets and settings that purport to realise graphical adornment (gradients, fill, hue, luminosity, saturation) are not implemented especially well. And simple - essential - things - like accurate, reliable rendering of text - are sometimes unreliable. Refer link to video example.

Our team of architects work directly online with a broad range of project technical SMEs using Sparx and common screen-sharing collaboration technology platforms (MS Teams, Citrix Webex).

It's an unwanted distraction when SMEs see the tool not rendering text correctly when zooming - or text disappearing from the diagram completely when we zoom out beyond a certain level.

I shall now step outside and howl at the moon for a few hours.

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Re: Text rendering incorrectly when zooming
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2021, 08:51:13 pm »
I can promise you that after a few years of howling you just give up.

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Re: Text rendering incorrectly when zooming
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2021, 08:32:12 am »
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Re: Text rendering incorrectly when zooming
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2021, 10:56:21 am »
I'd guess the +1 is for improving rendering and not giving up howling, right?

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Re: Text rendering incorrectly when zooming
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2021, 12:24:08 pm »
I'd guess the +1 is for improving rendering and not giving up howling, right?

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