> Is it worth waiting for Xara5 to get the same features?? <
This was more of a hypothetical question to see what you guys think
In the past, Xtreme eventually got the best features of the entire Xara product universe... It doesn't mean they will continue to do that but there is a high chance Xtreme will get features of WD (at least the spellcheck! PLEASE!!)
We're on page 10 of a thread which is doing just that. Have you read from the start?
Obviously there's no new information on what X5 will contain. I thought someone would have dropped more clues by now.
be aware, not to become a ware.
I have come to this discussion rather late in the day, mainly out of curiosity, as XWD isn't high on my shopping list.
Only one question, perhaps Xhris is able to answer - what, assuming you win your bet, would you be able to buy with your 10 imaginary TG currency units?
Edit: Whilst I'm on the subject, it might be helpful to know the exchange rate between imaginary TG currency units and Altairian dollars.
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Just wanted to toss in my $.02 on the matter as a former programmer, an IT Consultant, and a web designer/coder...
I like creating very clean sites from html and css. I don't use tables for my structure. I keep all the styling seperated from the content when possible. I try to avoid excessive script, try to keep my code huiman-readable, and even rank fairly well for certain things because my sites are coded to be search engine friendly as well.
So what is the problem?
Well, I can get great results but I'm always playing with browser compatibility to get the page to look the same across multiple apps. Fine...but sometimes, you can't even get there and you have to accept a compromise that keeps the design together enough in all the broswers to be ok.
But it can take some time to get these things right - to demo them for a client - to make changes on the fly and not have to diddle with CSS pixels, div heights, padding, margins, or any of the other tedious stuff that comes with hand coding.
My job as an IT consultant is to find the best tools for each job, whether those tools are to be used by the client or by me. There is a place in my world for sites that a quicker and easier to get together, which allows me to more easily fit into tighter budgets. If I don't need dynamic content or certain other DB interactions, I don't use a CMS. If I don't need some of the things that html/css allow me to do and Xara will fit the bill, then I'll use Xara.
This is a tool, folks. We all own lots of them. Getting the best bang for the buck in our toolbox and being able to size jobs properly according to a CLIENT'S needs is my goal. And in a lot of cases, if I can justify using XWD instead of hand-coding (no matter how a sick techie part of me might sometimes feel about it), then I'm going to use it. The speed and flexibility along with the ability to focus on what I want the page to look like rather than how to fiddle and hack it into place is going to be worth a bunch of billable time and hopefully a better lead generator as the guy who can "pull off really different designs and has them done quickly". This is what a lot of the small local businesses here are looking for - not 6 month timelines and $10,000 websites.
Hope that adds something!
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