XaraX progress

[stubbsuk]

I noticed on one of the Webstyle discussions that AnthonyF proclaims that Xara is working on Webstyle at the moment (at time of posting).

Any chance of similar confirmation for XaraX1?

I am sure that many people will find it reassuring to hear that XaraX2 is being worked on, if indeed that is the case (I wouldn't expect release dates or anything).

[stubbsuk]

I noticed on one of the Webstyle discussions that AnthonyF proclaims that Xara is working on Webstyle at the moment (at time of posting).

Any chance of similar confirmation for XaraX1?

I am sure that many people will find it reassuring to hear that XaraX2 is being worked on, if indeed that is the case (I wouldn't expect release dates or anything).

[jwhitham]

I would say that the fact they were, up to about a month ago, advertising for developers to work on it is pretty good confirmation.

[stubbsuk]

Indeed, 3rd party work to improve filters would be more than welcome. But apart from this, is there serious development going on? There is a huge difference between adding one or two filters and implementing major new features, fixing existing problems, improving existing functions.

All I want is to know that XaraX2 is being worked on, not one or two minor fixes/enhancements, as in XaraX1.

[jwhitham]

It wasn't just filter developers, there was also an ad for programmers. Since it got unstickied (is that a real word?) it's sunk without trace, it was there until quite recently though.

[John Rayner]

Hello Micheal,

According the Charles, X1 was just a minor release to let the user base know that Xara is alive and development is proceeding. They where thinking about much more animated/video capabilites but have changed track and restarted. I would imagine the next release will not be a minor one, but one to rock the graphics world from the ground up.

[stubbsuk]

John: now that sounds encouraging. Xara certainly have the capability to make the next XaraX rock the graphics world. I hope they do it (and sooner rather than later) http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

jwhitham: I didn't notice one for other developers, only the filters, but I'm glad there was one. It's certainly a positive thing!