However, I've long meant to look at the source, because it took me longer than it should have for me to figure out how to use it, and the UI definitely needs a rework (IMHO). * Item in scanner, press ctrl+1, scan completes on scanner, data is still xferring. * Take item out of scanner, position the next one ready. * When data has arrived, click on Crop (why no shortcut?), slide rectangle to top left (why can't I set prefs so that it always starts at top left?), pull bottom right to fit image. * Hit Enter (I'm unsure whether I need to do this, but it's become a mantra that works for me).

* Press ctrl+1 as above, repeat all above except don't need to hit Enter again. * Finally, press ctrl+S and get Save dialog. Save dialog ALWAYS assumes pdf (grrr, why can't I set prefs?) although usually I want to override it and save as multiple jpg, which works provided I select jpg as file type. * Press ctrl+N to completely reset, losing the crop setting, which often I would prefer to keep. Maybe there's a less severe reset which would retain the crop setting, but I don't know of it. So that's my normal workflow, and I don't feel that I fully understand what's inside the black box, concerning cropping and photo vs text. Unlike some much more complex programs (Gimp, Office. ) where I really feel in charge, with Simple Scan I've arrived at a method of doing things by rote which gets the job done, but which I'm fearful of deviating from. I feel that's a symptom of a badly designed UI.īut since I've never invested the time to examine the source, I don't feel I'm in any position to complain about it.

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