New Versions of Xara Designer Pro X(15)

**gwpriester** · 11 December 2017, 06:28 PM

For members in the US who need to retrieve their serial number go here http://www.xara.com/us/servicecenter/ sign in, and go to My Products.

Not sure what the other links for other countries are. Maybe someone from Xara or Magix can add these.

**csehz** · 11 December 2017, 06:58 PM

Really trying to be positive, but oops that is nothing again.

Some online content all the time, while the price went up in the summer

**handrawn** · 11 December 2017, 07:12 PM

first time [seriously] I won't even bother to try it out - totally fed up with jesuitical and weasely words from the company... for us nowt, with a capital NO

**Fred C** · 11 December 2017, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

first time [seriously] I won't even bother to try it out - totally fed up with jesuitical and weasely words from the company... for us nowt, with a capital NO

Who cares?

**handrawn** · 11 December 2017, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Fred C

Who cares?

well xara certainly won't care whilst the money rolls in

[it is rolling in, isn't it?]

**gwpriester** · 11 December 2017, 08:34 PM

It's a free update for current DPX12 owners.

Thought that said, there is not a whole lot of there there.

**maksimon** · 11 December 2017, 10:45 PM

Next upgrade to wait for spring now? "Happy New Year" from Xara(.
Months of waiting ... The current update(so the same as previous) is just upset me(.
I bought Affinity Designer before, but did refund. Now I bought again and finally! Now I work on older XDP365, but I think it's not for long ... maybe for a long time, but without updates, because I'm not willing to pay for such updates(. Where is new tools? Where corner tool, where new features of fill tool, where new animation for web, where "out" animation and trigers for it, where new web-site tool such as video-background and autofit for video and foto to browser window in vertial and horisontal. This is necessary things which are expected (. In the end - where roadmap? Not many people will pay for wrappers from online catalog.

**browj2** · 12 December 2017, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by handrawn

well xara certainly won't care whilst the money rolls in

[it is rolling in, isn't it?]

@handrawn,

But, you wanted to be able to try out the new features without upgrading. So Xara listened and you have your wish, a version that installs separately from the previous one.

Like Gary says, it's a free update for those on the 365 program. If you aren't on the program, then wait until there is something or enough new features to justify jumping back in.

For someone considering purchasing, I would say that right after an update/grade would be the time in order to lock in those features. This may or may not be the right time, depending on your needs.

@All,

Don't forget, you have to go under Help, and download the content installer and Pan Studio. Also, the Design Gallery is empty of content, so you have to download everything if you want it off-line. Alternatively, you may be able to copy the content that you had before. Now, where is all of that again?

@Egg,

I now have Xara (365) installed 4 times, twice on each computer, with no activation problems. All 4 work. I checked my account under Magix and the most recent version is registered to each computer, activation date as today. I think that the system understands the name of the device, so if 365 is installed once as version 12.8.1.50861, and once as version 15.0.0.52427 on the same device, it accepts this. The license is by device.

**handrawn** · 12 December 2017, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by browj2

@handrawn,

But, you wanted to be able to try out the new features without upgrading. So Xara listened and you have your wish, a version that installs separately from the previous one.

oh come on...

I asked, in a thread in Dear Xara that incidently Xara never replied to, how this would be possible ... am I to suppose that they were not intending to and then changed their mind just for me?

No, I reckon they just didn't want to set any sort of precedent in case they had to change their scheduling in a hurry... one of the signs of a failing Company btw...

And because I have my answer now does not mean that I will take up that option if what I see in the shop window does not look attractive [to me] - what I wanted was to know there would be an option, and it will always remain just an option as you yourself have said in so many words

Licencing by device is my understanding of the system up to ver 11 - it would make sense for it to be continuing that way

@hakoo 'porcine pinna' about sums it up

**csehz** · 12 December 2017, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Fred C

Who cares?

Very true.

Noone cares anymore that a TG user with over 15k contributions mentions that not even bother to try out the new version.

Personally I think that is quite sad, being in sync with the feeling coming to TG like to empty streets, XaraXone empty, no Christmas tree, two drawings per week in Art Gallery. But if the money comes there then ok.