Skencil is a unique drawing application in the sense that it is implemented almost completely in Python, a very high-level, object oriented, interpreted programming language, with the rest written in C for speed. It is anticipated that as SVG and SVG filters evolve, users will be able to use Draw to edit the large-scale collection of SVG samples from Open Clip Art Library.

Currently, Draw officially supports exporting to SVG format, though with some limitations to be resolved. It features 'connectors' between shapes, which are available in a range of line styles and facilitate building drawings such as flowchart. Draw is a powerful graphics package that is part of the office suite. With interface almost identical to that of Inkscape and CorelDRAW, Xara Xtreme is considered to be quite easy to learn. It is also notable for being among the first vector graphics software applications to provide a fully anti-aliased display, advanced gradient fill, and transparency tools, features now common to many vector graphics editors. Xara Xtreme is known for its usability and fast rendering. Xara Xtreme was originally developed for Windows but an open source version was later released for Linux. Inkscape has achieved important advancement in usability since the project started.

This involves efforts to follow the GNOME Human interface guidelines, universal keyboard accessibility, and convenient on-canvas editing. One of the prime concerns of the Inkscape project is interface consistency and usability.

It has a main goal of becoming a powerful graphics tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG, and CSS standards. Inkscape is a well-known, full-featured vector graphics editor application for Linux.

Free open source vector graphics editor