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What is a major feature or improvement you would like to see in Xara?
Hi Everyone.
We've recently done a few threads of what small improvements and what web features you would like to see in Xara. These have been very informative and we're doing our best to make sure we get the most requested and feasible features implements in Xara.
I'm working with our product managers to suggest features for the next version of Xara. We've got a list of requests from you guys from the previous threads, although this has been limited to just web features and small improvements. This is an opportunity to suggest anything you want, no matter how big or bold it is.
Please remember - the more do-able it is and the more it would benefit everyone, the more likely it is we will do it. Any examples provided of a feature would also greatly help.
Many thanks
Rob
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Rob-Xar
Hi Everyone.
We've recently done a few threads of what small improvements and what web features you would like to see in Xara. These have been very informative and we're doing our best to make sure we get the most requested and feasible features implements in Xara.
I'm working with our product managers to suggest features for the next version of Xara. We've got a list of requests from you guys from the previous threads, although this has been limited to just web features and small improvements. This is an opportunity to suggest anything you want, no matter how big or bold it is.
Please remember - the more do-able it is and the more it would benefit everyone, the more likely it is we will do it. Any examples provided of a feature would also greatly help.
Many thanks Rob
- Proper Document/Section/Chapter/Spread/Page numbering. Can be reset at any point.
- Workable Bitmap Tracer. Current one is embarrassing.
- Updated jQuery inclusion. Stuck at v1.11.1.
- Updated animate.css.
- Updated Font Awesome.
- Updated Google Fonts.
- Inclusion of SVG as Web image type on the page.
- Removal of IE Preview and defunct web server.
- Proper adaptive websites.
- Responsive Variants to be published to own sub-folder so each can be set up as Supersite (Vertical, ideal for phone).
- Web Export Options Supersite Transitions to be adapted for use in Conventional website.
- Searchable Local Designs gallery.
Acorn
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Something like a dedicated footer layer for websites and anything on this layer would keep relative positioning from the bottom of the page (instead of the top) so even if dynamic content is added making the page longer the footer will always be at the bottom. Or just a bit more responsive design in general.
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@Rob-Xar, Preview rendering of Print document as PDF and not HTML.
Acorn
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1) Email form feature, simple but useful to create an email contact form.
2) Updated screen slider (full screen) that uses local images to display rather than using Xara hosting (which is slow). There has been few issues using this that I have indicated scattered around the forum. Recent one is with the use of fit to screen.
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Acorn
@Rob-Xar, Preview rendering of Print document as PDF and not HTML.
Acorn
Acorn, If you install acrobat you can see a better more accurate print of pdf when exporting.
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behzad
Acorn, If you install acrobat you can see a better more accurate print of pdf when exporting.
behzad, I have several PDF Editors and Readers. I am asking for a Preview that is PDF.
I don't not want to go to the effort of Exporting just to view a recent change.
Browsers also have PDF rendering so a PDF Export would be viewable as an embedded document, just not HTML.
Acorn
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the one thing that would guarantee me upgrading right now would be a proactive clipping system - currently the clipview is reactive, you clip after you have done the filling, rather than realtime adjustment as you fill - you can edit inside but then you cannot see the rest of the canvas (ditto masking)
being able to choose which way to draw stroke profiles before you draw them falls into same catagory
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I would like to see a complete redesign top to bottom so that all the features that have been added over the years appear in a logical and organized way. Features like the bitmap tracer that don't match up with the best, dropped.
Serif have raised the bar to impossible heights. Xara needs to rise to the occasion.
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please do not drop the bitmap tracer it still has its uses for me in greyscale mode ( if you read this gnurf thanks again for the tutorial)
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@Rob, what is the purpose of Xara in the current market? I mean what do you want it to be or compete against? Serif? Adobe? I really like to know what the goal of further development for Xara would do? Is it to keep the current users from loosing them to the other camp or exceeding what is out there?
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Hi,
-Custom strokes profile would be an awesome complement to the bitmap strokes.
-Mould tool that works on bitmaps, subdivisions on the grid.
-More control on the definition of bitmap strokes, center offset, repetition scaling, etc..
Thanks
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Hola! I'd like to see line to shape anchoring: Draw two circles (or any shapes) and connect them with a line anchored to both circles. Move the circles around and the line stays connected to both circles.
This is useful when drawing, for example, network diagrams and organization charts. I use Vizio and PowerPoint for this and would love to see Xara add it to the software.
Gracias!
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Dynamic length so the page length follows the content of the page without having to adjust it manually. As such this would allow espandable content boxes. This is a neat feature in Adobe Muse and it surprises me that after all these years it is still not implemented in XARA.
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A 3D Tool and Bevel Tool that works without having bitmap elements...ie, true vector.
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Hello,
Like Marco D, a tool to adjust angles would save time by avoiding playing with the handles and the result would be "perfect", especially for shapes with different angles.
The change in line thickness for each segment would also be interesting.Attachment 124466
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ive often thought being able to pin(lock) nodes so that no matter what else you did selecting/deselecting or otherwise they would remain pinned until manually released; same for rotation point, never understood why that cannot be pinned
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I would like,
- Enter the dimensions with two decimal places.
- The rotation angle for a rotated object should be displayed in the info bar. It normally reset to 0 after a change.
- The shear angle for horizontally and vertically sheared objects should be displayed and changeable in the info bar. It's now only horizontally displayed and will reset to 0 after a change.
- ENter the size of rounded corners in units (changed in any unit and displayed in current unit).
- Vector-filling-tool
- Multi-rotation-tool
- Multi-scale-tool
- Replicate-tool
Werner from WSNetwork
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WSNetwork
- Multi-rotation-tool
- Multi-scale-tool
- Replicate-tool
Would you mind explaining these further Werner, Please.
The others are reasonably self explanatory.
I hate the fact that rotated objects reset the settings to zero. If I want an object rotated to 31 degrees and it's already rotated, how do I know how to adjust it.
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if the first two mean batch transformation of objects, each transformed individually, then +1
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I would like to see
Object related SNAP POINTS ... I.e. Snap to ENDPOINT, MIDPOINT, INTERSECT
OFFSET Command
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ss-kalm
Would you mind explaining these further Werner, Please.
The others are reasonably self explanatory.
I hate the fact that rotated objects reset the settings to zero. If I want an object rotated to 31 degrees and it's already rotated, how do I know how to adjust it.
Like handrawn says:
- Multi-rotation-tool
- Multi-scale-tool
means each object will transformed individually.
Replicate means that I can set up multiple automated copies because for labels.
E.g.: I select an object or a group of objects and can set up
- 2 copies to left every 50 mm
- 5 copies dovn every 30 mm
Werner
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@ WSNetwork
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Enter the dimensions with two decimal places.
You can already do this. type in whatever size you want 200.25. The object will resize to that, unfortunately it will only show as 200.2. There is a way to resize the text in the text window to accommodate 2 decimal places but it looks messy and I can't remember what it is now.
Screen grab showing this zoomed to 25601%
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@Egg Branhill
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Egg Bramhill
@ WSNetwork
You can already do this. type in whatever size you want 200.25. The object will resize to that, unfortunately it will only show as 200.2. There is a way to resize the text in the text window to accommodate 2 decimal places but it looks messy and I can't remember what it is now.
Screen grab showing this zoomed to 25601%
Oh, I didn't know that.
Then I Change it to:
- Showing dimensions with two decimal places.
Werner
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This should be corrected:
If you can enter items to 2 decimal places, it would be good for the location display to actually tell you where it is (or what size it is) to 2 decimal places. Otherwise it's hard to keep track of. The display should ALWAYS match the input or you will end up with discrepancies. Similarly, if it only displays to 1 decimal place, you should only be able to locate/size it to 1 decimal place.
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I'd also like to see a dimension tool that can be edited. So you can adjust locations of objects by editing the dimension between them.
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I agree with you Keith. Here's an old post from the horses mouth. However I can't get it to work ;)
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I was a bit surprised to see this thread as I'd have thought you already must have more than enough suggestions [to shake a stick at] dotted throughout the 'Dear Xara..' forum. Obviously it's nice to be asked again though. :)
My first suggestion then would be for you to free up half a day (or whatever it takes) and go through the 'Dear Xara..' forum to collate, categorise and quantify all the existing suggestions into a spreadsheet for analysis. Perhaps something along the lines of:
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My personal three major improvement suggestions (all previously suggested) are:
1) Make Xara apps Windows scaling aware so they can be used with high res professional monitors and also improve the look of text if Windows scaling is applied when using a regular 1920x1080 monitor.
2) Update the grid system. Just take a look at what other graphics apps like Affinity Designer can do if you are short of ideas.
3) Create a properties panel to quickly access all (or most) of the attributes of a selected object (see this mockup previously posted):
https://www.talkgraphics.com/attachm...1&d=1552992469
Also here is another wish list compiled in July 2017 which still seems to be relevant:
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...001#post579001
Not being a programmer I can only guess what the difference is between a major piece of work or a small workflow improvement, so here's my list of suggestions made in the previous thread:
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...197#post607197
If nothing else can the missing dot that would form an ellipsis be added to the 'Dear Xara..' forum name ;)
Cheers, Jono
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Jonopen
If nothing else can the missing dot that would form an ellipsis be added to the 'Dear Xara..' forum name ;)
Jono, here was me thinking I was the only TG pedant.
Good call, I have been waiting for the other boot to drop for years.
Made my day,
Acorn
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I would have referred to it as a "Hellip" ... but same difference.
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ss-kalm
I would have referred to it as a "Hellip" ... but same difference.
Keith, a new word for me, thank you.
It exists as an HTML Entity. Reading more is stands for horizontal ellipsis. Similarly, vellip is a vertical ellipsis.
I will stick with ellipsis...
Acorn.
P.S. Spare dot used after my handle in case the Mods need a spare.
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Maybe have a Right Click Option available 'Show in Help' on Icons/Options/Etc. in the User Interface that will take you directly to the relevant page in the help file.
Thanks,
Dutchim
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May not be major, but it's been bugging me for a while ...
When you update commands etc. For example create a command for EXPORT PDF ... Why can't/don't you also create an ICON for the BUTTON PALETTE and link them. The button palette doesn't seem to have been updated for years, and personally I like my regularly used commands to be on the toolbar..
Please.
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-save as html instead of htm (or allow user preference)
-more precise forum search
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As Jono said above, 'I was a bit surprised to see this thread as I'd have thought you already must have more than enough suggestions [to shake a stick at] dotted throughout the 'Dear Xara..' forum'. This smacks of 'we don't like the answers you gave in the Dear Xara Forum, so we will ask you to submit better answers here'. Folks, I think that either we were wasting our time in the Dear Xara...Forum, or we are wasting our time here (or possibly both).
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I couldn't agree more. Xara/Magix is just not responding in any way to it's vastly diminishing user base.
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Rob states in the very first post of this thread: "We've got a list of requests from you guys from the previous threads,"
I obviously don't know when the list was started, I'm just trying to balance the scales a bit and play fair to both users and developers.
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Yes, as Chris M said - We've got lists from the particular subjects - web features & small changes. This thread is aimed at a wider picture, what is a big feature or change you would like to see with no particular restrictions as the previous two were. Anything and everything, whether you have mentioned it before or not but I have taken notes from the previous list and this one to suggest a number of features and changes for V17.
iamtheblues - Honestly that is a load of crap. If you feel like your wasting your time then why even reply. We started the thread for the reasons above and that's it.