JUST RELEASED: An update to Xara Designer Pro X

[Acorn]

Kate, thank you for the detail of the new version.

Don’t read too much into the version number change, this is driven by retail channel considerations...
...there will be no auto-update.

This neglects to mention that all changes to settings and toolbar layouts, change of location of the Cache and many other user adjustments all go by the wayside.

Neither do you mention that you have set the licence servers to no longer allow two installs of the prior major version to continue running with an install of v17.0. You might no think this important but the Xara past record of new releases has rarely been smooth and your Customers have had to regress to the earlier "working" version to republish existing websites.

Thank you for Image Filenames. I see that multiple copies on the page only require one uploaded image.
It is a pity that the simple rotation of an image or scaling or a Live Copy requires it to be numbered.
No one thought about adding the Image Filename option to the Photo pop-up.
Or some tie up with the Name gallery and the Page & Layer gallery.
Perhaps the next update?

I am pleased that the SmartShape Table link issue appears to have been fixed. I note the distinct notice of any changes or improvements to any SmartShapes.

I have noted issues with the new Paragraph Borders elsewhere.

I know you expect the Xara Desktop application to just work and that you hide all the nitty-gritty away from us. The problem comes when there has been a bug that is then fixed. We have limited information about what the fix does so we end up hunting and pecking to be really sure we can now use the feature as intended.
What I am asking for here is more detail behind the fixes.

I look forward to working through the changes.

Acorn

[gwpriester]

Kate - I just tried to download this update and was blocked by Malwarebytes. When I tried to override the block and clicked Save File Malwarebytes blocked the save.

[Rob-Xar]

Neither do you mention that you have set the licence servers to no longer allow two installs of the prior major version to continue running with an install of v17.0. You might no think this important but the Xara past record of new releases has rarely been smooth and your Customers have had to regress to the earlier "working" version to republish existing websites.

The license shouldn't take up another copy, previous versions should still be activated and if not this is a bug which I'll take a look into.

Thanks
Rob

[Acorn]

The license shouldn't take up another copy, previous versions should still be activated and if not this is a bug which I'll take a look into.
Thanks Rob

"Screenshot" of the Magix Product details.
Xara-Activations.xar

When I try to re-activate v16 on my laptop, I have:



Acorn

[Rob-Xar]

I can replicate this on my home PC (although not my work one...) so something does seem off, although I'm not sure what is triggering the re-activating. I'm in contact with Magix so I'll let you know either way.

[Acorn]

I can replicate this on my home PC (although not my work one...) so something does seem off, although I'm not sure what is triggering the re-activating. I'm in contact with Magix so I'll let you know either way.

Rob, glad it's not just me then.

Acorn

[SignPig]

Hmm, the 'upgrades' seem to be getting smaller and smaller each year. Having had every version since the Beta of Studio, I don't think I'll rush to buy this one.

[Rob-Xar]

Please keep this chat related to the release. You can start your own post to discuss websites in the web chat forums

[prman]

I was able to upgrade to X17 on both of my devices (laptop and desktop).
So I guess whatever bug was preventing activation has been fixed

[Acorn]

I was able to upgrade to X17 on both of my devices (laptop and desktop).
So I guess whatever bug was preventing activation has been fixed

Were you still able to keep version 16.n also? That is the bug.

Acorn