It is only natural that some feel 'protective' of their favourite software and get irritated at the number of criticisms that occur, it is also only natural that many users are dissatisfied and want the software to develop in a particular direction and that newcomers want familiar tools, that's life. Personally, I admire the software, but have no 'brand loyalty' of any kind, I go the easiest route I can find every time.

Those who love Xtreme as it is, obviously have nothing to worry about, if you don't like any changes you can keep using the version you prefer, it's not as if you will be forced to upgrade.

As I said in the other thread, Xara seems to be doing pretty well in its target market, with or without major changes to the software, and I can't see any major change in strategy coming either. Certainly no such change has been signalled. But what do I know? Next month we could get the answer to all our dreams, how likely is that?