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I think everybody sees your point; new users would in your opinion find it hard to customise the toolbars, (control bars, command bars etc.). You obviously have strong feelings about the importance of this issue, but I for one feel that a new user is unlikely to want to immediately adjust the tool bars from the default set up as it would make finding tools harder when trying to follow either help or video instructions.
I also genuinely believe that once the user has gained enough confidence with the product he/she would be able to adjust the bars perfectly well from the instructions that are given in the help files and so layout the work space to suit themselves. That would also seem to be the general opinion of the majority of the people using Xara who visit this site.
I think it would be unfortunate for this issue to begin to dominate the Talkgraphics site because most people who visit here wish to show or talk about graphics, not argue about an arrangement of command bars in Xara.
I’m sure you could start a topic in any of the other forums dealing with different pieces of software and make similar arguments about the lack of convenience in some aspect of the UI or the difficulty in performing various actions within that software.
The simple truth of the mater is that any new piece of software is initially hard to get into at the beginning. Xara is no different, whilst at the same time being, (again in my opinion), simpler and much more user friendly than most.
Lets talk about something more interesting and if you still feel strongly about this issue contact Xara direct with your points I’m sure they will listen to any constructive criticism.
derek
P.S. On a different matter. Is everyone having trouble with attachments or is it just me?
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