This morning I received the latest copy of Digital Arts (Digit). Toward the back I saw a Xara advert announcing "New PRO version -- coming soon" Thats it! Anyone know any more??
Ted
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This morning I received the latest copy of Digital Arts (Digit). Toward the back I saw a Xara advert announcing "New PRO version -- coming soon" Thats it! Anyone know any more??
Ted
Hi Ted,
Nothing more than what you read. Coming soon is about all we have heard.
Version 3.2 should be just around the corner.
Hopefully it will have enough new 'pro required - whizzbangs' to lay to rest the expressed fear of a dumbed down Magix version.
Ted
Latest news:)
http://www.xara.com/news/may07/
Hmm lets see, I get a refund of 20 dollar for ordering early.(in december, I believe)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi
And now I have to pay 40 dollar (atleast) because I ordered early.
Now how do you think that I feel about ordering early. ;)
(and 39 dollar is ussually the price range magix sells their
software,.... about)
So ordering late would have saved me, 20 dollar.
Hmm I guess I will be ordering late next time.
(Okay, I would have missed out on some new features for
some time, that is true too)
Bear in mind that it's version 3.2, whereas the current Xara version is version 3. So there isn't likely going to be anything spectacularly new feature wise I wouldn't have thought.
Did you all see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5OVHIG_Nnc? It's a great video.
In my experience in the software world, going from 3.02 to 3.20 is actually a pretty significant deal-- not a full version update, but containing a fair amount of meaningful additions and corrections.
If this is not what Xara means, they should call it 3.05.
But of course we digress... Still, it's fun. The summer of fun with 3.2.
These "point" numbers mean nothing other than to make you believe you're getting something worth the price of the upgrade? (bug fixes?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallis
There are still many bugs outstanding from when I purchase Pro (just read this forum) and now I see I have to pay for these bug fixes which should have been free to meet their commitment of the original Pro version specifications.
I have a very bad feeling about this MAGIX merger/takeover.
I have to agree with Ed that I'm not sure how this is going to go. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ED
Bug fixing does take some time too (sometimes more than programming it from scratch again), it's nobodies fault and someone has to do it. You sound like "There's a Bug Xara. It's your fault. Now fix it for free.". Most bugfixes I've seen so far in other software products have been offered for free download, yes.
But in this case, going from 3.02 to 3.20, Xara will have some bug fixes included and has to add brand new features, that's at least what I believe.
>>These "point" numbers mean nothing other than to make you believe you're getting something worth the price of the upgradeQuote:
Originally Posted by ED
Well that’s a very cynical view, completely unfounded based on Xara’s record.
RE: bugs: Critical bugs that stop work flow seriously, e.g. major crashes/loss of data, I'm sure would be patched immediately on discovery. Xara however, is one of the least buggy pieces of software of its level of complexity out there. It does contain some bugs that are discovered as it’s used, but they are only relatively minor, hence why they are addressed in successive updates.
RE: the merger: there is not the slightest shred of evidence to substantiate any "bad feelings". This is the fastest turnaround of a Xara update there's been in its history. The coming upgrade from 3.0 to 3.2 is twice as large as the upgrade from XaraX (version 1.0) to XaraX1 (version 1.1). For completeness: XaraX1 (1.1), Xara Xtreme (2.0), Xtreme Pro (3.0), Magix Graphic Designer (3.1 I think), Xtreme Pro 3.2 (3.2).
What supporting information (link maybe?) do you have that supports your claim that going from 3.0 to 3.2 is twice as large as the others?Quote:
Originally Posted by Xhris
Do you have a list of bug fixes for this coming release?
Do you have a list of new features for this coming release?
How can you say "twice as large"?
:) My supporting evidence: the number 0.2 is twice as large as 0.1, thus it's twice as large in number is all was meant. If it was assumed twice as many features in the upugrade, then to reverse the question: yes, what evidence is there to support such a claim? But we tittle-tattle...Quote:
Originally Posted by ED