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I think Xara should tell us since Magix will not admit it that V19 of magix is the last one they will sell. I think by xara telling us this, we are
more prone to go with the xara subscription. All past experiences I have had indicated this eventuality.
I am not in a rush to upgrade to either one but better communication would be beneficial to Xara.
I could not agree more. For people that don't want to do a subscription model this is forcing people to go to Affinity.
Ray
Seems our numbers are few Ray.
Like the Updates that you are not getting.Quote:
Originally Posted by behzad
Some time ago: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...a-Designer-Pro.
Acorn
Version 20 might still come out. It would make a nice swan song by MagiXara, 'neatly' transitioning to XDP+ 21, Xara's first '+' version some years back. Death and rebirth, so to speak. ;)
More relevantly, Xara CEO Matt announced a while back that a major update to XDP 19 was expected for March. Perhaps they are a bit delayed trying to include some of the new goodies that were introduced in XDP+.
Anyway, I have paid for the update service until May 2024. I hope MagiXara will honor their side of the deal. I'm waiting....
and yet there is another side to every coinQuote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
I can no longer batch import PDFs all onto one xara page [ie merge] as I could up until ver 15.1; since it is not possible to select objects across pages in xara [if you can I'd love to hear how] that has broken a major work flow of mine; I have ver 15.1 to use, I have no incentive to move to pro+
early on xara changed the way rotation works in pro+; I am on record as saying this was a gtreat improvement; however after feedback from users xara reverted back, I accept they focus as they do, but it would have been nice to have both; as it is again, I have no incentive to move to pro+
What incentive do Xara have to tell end users what their future plans are? ... especially since their plans may include dropping programs or features that people like. Typically you don't get to know about changes until they are made in most industries.
xara use focus groups, or so I am told
beyond that not a lot maybe
I just hope that they are now getting it right; their track record in the past is not so good, but at the moment they seem to be doing ok
Did I?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boy
I can confirm that our product team is interviewing customers daily. 40+ years and Xara is still going strong. That is a pretty damn good track record.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
Yes, you did but I have trouble finding the post in which a member quoted an email you sent him. However, it's more interesting to know if indeed such an update is on the way or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB365
I am pleased that Xara GmbH is doing well, a corporate enitiy that does not go back 40+ yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by MB365
As for history:
and there was the 'partnership' with corel before thatQuote:
In January, 2007, Xara Ltd was acquired by German multimedia company MAGIX and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary.
I am sure you are pleased those days are behind you.... ;)
The whole reason for Xara starting with Magix was distribution and ultimately years ago Xara knew that ending relationship with Magix would benefit them because everyone who bought into this trick, now has to abandon Magix and move to Xara plus sub.
No company or business out there is thinking of the end users. This has been and will ever be. I have been a xara/corel user for 27 years.
I don't think it was a trick, it was a question of survival for the old xara [group] ltd;
Xara GmbH is a totally new company with a 'new' product
I gave up on xara on my retirement at age of 50. I may buy into the plus, but never been fond of subs.
Xara have traditionally been extremely tight-lipped revealing what their plans are, so only they can say if v19 was the last major Magix update.
Maybe it’s about time Magix properly rebadged and rebranded their software offering, to help sever the link and comparisons to/from the latest Xara software. From what I can see Magix users are equally frustrated with Xara waiting for them to release new updates.
Either way as a non-professional user who doesn’t use web features and hardly uses the OCC, I’m still not likely going to pay a monthly/yearly Xara subscription.