After Xhris mentioned interfaces here [post#42] I was wondering what people think about the Xara interface.

Personally I like it (even though some call it old-fashioned ... so what?!) and although there are obvious advantages in palettes etc, I find them intrusive and confusing ... it's easy to cover the screen with them in Corel Painter if you're not careful , but because of the amount of options they're needed in the latter program. Xara, however, has a neat row of icons and a nifty toolbar relating to the tool at the top of the page. That was one of the things I liked when I first tried Xara. It just makes sense and fits Xara's slick operations

Some people would like palettes though because of the way they can work with them. Fine, what about a palettes option then??

What do you think?