How do you feel about the 365 Program?

[behzad]

Not impressed that we are kept in the dark as to what new features will be added. If no new eye catching improvements and features are introduced by my years end then I will switch to wordpress for good.

[Jonopen]

Thanks for asking.

I’m also mostly disappointed with the lack of updates. I check the forum most days and my heart leaps a little when I see under TalkGraphic Announcements "Just Released: Updates to..." then fall into a decline when I spot the November date. In fact XPGD was last updated in October.

Another disappointment is this latest version (v12) has been more buggy than the last (non-365) one. It's still a great creative program but not necessarily my first choice for photo editing or graphic design anymore.

[frightful]

Yes, a disappointing year. I don't see me renewing simply to keep use of the catalogue of stuff that I don't use. Also they shall have to come up with something exciting for me to splash the cash. Other small companies already mentioned are getting more adventurous while Xara seems to be stuck at the roadside.

[iamtheblues]

Well, I've been pretty scathing about Xara/Magix in recent times, because of the company's lack of response to very reasonable requests for improvements for Open Type support. So I thought I'd go easy on the criticism regarding the subscription model they have introduced. However, I cannot idly read the above comments without making a response. As far as I can see it's win/win for the company - a year's income for doing next to nothing, and lose/lose for the loyal band of customers who have, to all intents and purposes been taken for a ride. To trust any company to deliver improvements with vague assurances that unspecified improvements will be forthcoming during the period of the subscription is a sign that the customer needs a reality check. If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam and tastes like a scam, then it's a scam, folks. Xara/Magix are laughing all the way to the bank. Not even an apology, no faux remorse, nada.Just my two cents.Bob.

[handrawn]

I am pretty sure that the company is putting it's resource into the revenue stream side, ie WEB, rather than drawing

There are just too many viable alternatives around these days... and maybe not just for the drawing side....

The company is on record as saying they switched to the 365 model because they wanted to give their customer base updates straight away rather than make them wait until annual release, but no guarantees were given about frequency or content - in other words, if you read the small print, the company did not actually promise there would be updates during the year, just that we would get them early if there happened to be any

It's a very difficult market in which xara does not have the advantages it once had; not at all sure this helps them

[haakoo]

One suggestion : M1

[haakoo]

By now xara is nothing more than abandonware owned by a company that's only interested in selling licensed content.
Like an all-you-can-eat restaurant.
It doesn't have to be a five-star restaurant but being at least something more then your local MacDonalds should be doable.

They better had gone up the M1 to Nottingham,from there came news that excited me to buy instantly.
Not by the slick marketing but they interact with and are engaged by and for their customers.
They are not there yet but started from scratch on their new products.

Last thing to add is:

Pride doesn't pay the bills.

Hans