Designer Pro is Changing - could this splash screen be any unclearer??

Anyone else getting this? It says "see whats' new' but the link does not work, and I've no idea what they are talking about Attachment 132429

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Originally Posted by Turan Mirza

Anyone else getting this? It says "see whats' new' but the link does not work, and I've no idea what they are talking about Attachment 132429

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This should be fixed and Pro+ v22 update is available.

Yes. I've already posted my very confused thoughts on another thread.

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Originally Posted by IanB

Yes. I've already posted my very confused thoughts on another thread.

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Sorry, missed that - where is that thread?

Here's a side by side with Pro+ 22 and ProX 18.

The new interface for Pro+ is darker and the tool icons are gray and white except the selected tool.

Happy to note that my custom toolbar remains intact.

What *IS* new?

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The "See what's new" button links to... a comparison between a Pro+ subscription and older products? Trying to sell me... the product I'm already subscribed to, and using?

Nice grey background, the monochrome toolbar will take some getting used to... truly I see nothing else different. I'm sure there's something - if only the link worked to show what they were!

it's not trying to sell you anything [for a change] just telling you that there is a new UI which you will now get, like it or not; the rest is fluff

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Originally Posted by handrawn

it's not trying to sell you anything [for a change]

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I think that I found something new. I don't think they sold Designer Pro+ without the Cloud system before. If you select "Creative tools" at https://www.xara.com/pricing/ you see prices for Xara Designer Pro+ without the cloud service, for a price which is less than whatever they call the bundle of the two things

I have two users though, and it's cheaper to have one "Team" licence than two Designer-only subscriptions... and Team licences only come with desktop+cloud, so, no difference - except perhaps the name of the product on the next renewal invoice.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I think that I found something new. I don't think they sold Designer Pro+ without the Cloud system before. If you select "Creative tools" at https://www.xara.com/pricing/ you see prices for Xara Designer Pro+ without the cloud service, for a price which is less than whatever they call the bundle of the two things

I have two users though, and it's cheaper to have one "Team" licence than two Designer-only subscriptions... and Team licences only come with desktop+cloud, so, no difference - except perhaps the name of the product on the next renewal invoice.

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Daniel, her is my take on the announcement: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...e-of-Xara-Plus.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Acorn

Daniel, her is my take on the announcement: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...e-of-Xara-Plus.

Acorn

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Yes, that's what I understand too. One thing you could add... you suggest taking a Magix subscription to have a fallback "if you can afford it", well, it looks like Xara would give you a discount if you did... last question at the bottom of this page

I want Designer Pro+ but I have an active update service.
We will discount what you paid for the update service from the Designer Pro+ price. On top of that, we offer discounts for Desktop customers.
Contact us here to evaluate your case and get an offer from us.

nice summary acorn - I did not know they were cutting loose from magix - what is the situation with the activation servers for magix products, any idea?

Malwarebytes just flagged my install of Pro+ 22

Gary, what joy!

I have 26 other versions of this file on my system, as will you.
My AV does not flag any as malicious but previously noted three for deeper inspection.

Probably a false positive.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Yes, that's what I understand too. One thing you could add... you suggest taking a Magix subscription to have a fallback "if you can afford it", well, it looks like Xara would give you a discount if you did... last question at the bottom of this page
I want Designer Pro+ but I have an active update service.
We will discount what you paid for the update service from the Designer Pro+ price. On top of that, we offer discounts for Desktop customers.
Contact us here to evaluate your case and get an offer from us.

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Daniel, most might not understand the nuance behind that ploy. I would never publicly endorse it as legally I think you would be breaking the EULA and you would have to manually regress to your prior version. I am happy to leave it to Xara and Magix to fisticuff over it. I might even pay per view.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by handrawn

nice summary acorn - I did not know they were cutting loose from magix - what is the situation with the activation servers for magix products, any idea?

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handrawn, this is my pure speculation. I believe the MagiXara agreement has passed its Use Before Date.

Regarding the activation and on-line content servers and Xara hosting that clearly would have to be negotiated. Xara Pro+ OCC access is content catalog (xara.com). Tyhis is still version 18 content access, albeit with a v22 flavour. If the Magix servers go, this goes.

Acorn

I am more concerned about activation of the magix program itself on another build/computer....

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Originally Posted by handrawn

I am more concerned about activation of the magix program itself on another build/computer....

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handrawn, I understand this.
What you have to do is think back to what happened when Magix took over. All my purchased licences gained Registration Dates of 27 October 2017.

I might add 26 October 2022 to my calendar.
You never know.

Acorn

indeed :)

The new icons are harder to read and some are just about visible the contrast is appalling, it also appears that text is smaller the X and Y coordinates for a object are so vague have to get close to screen to read even then a 1 is washed out. The previous coordinates were put on a white background.

I also had trouble updating reporting that could not delete a file till I closed the program during the download stage.