A solid improvement...

Hi,

I have to say that the new design is a solid improvement on the old. Obviously there are going to be a few initial interface teething problems, but, if Lucid are open to their community for a period of tweaking, then that’s great.

I like the fact that AI has been made a tool, just like any other, as that is what AI should be - it’s not the begin-all and end-all of everything. I think people were getting too invested in a new toy, when it’s not necessary for everything.

I like the properties on the right, but this section may need a little bit of formatting to make it feel less cluttered. With the properties, just a couple of observations:

• The Rounded Corners property should be applied to anything that can have rounded corners. It’s a little too off putting that you have to click the 3 dots beside the line tool to effect these changes on a line.
• The Paint format tool should be on the toolbar, like it used to be. It’s a very useful feature - something I use all the time, and I daresay others do, too.
• The previous point could be taken a stage further and expanded to all commands on the Attributes section.

For the toolbars, there seems to be a lot of free space at the top of the screen between the Saved changes indicator and the Collaborators control…

Finally, I’m not sure if it was down to my having changed some of the settings for the particular diagram I was working on or not, but there did seem to be a few usual settings disabled when I started, including:

• Snap to objects
• Show grid
• Enable line connections

If I was pushed to ask for one thing, it would be Dark Mode so I don’t need to visit my optician as much!

All in all, I think you’ve done a stellar job. I like it - thank-you.

Kind regards,

Paul.