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Yes, even though I have the latest V18 it still nags.
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Originally Posted by
Boy
Just to be clear: the nag screen for updating to v. 18 shows in XDP 18 with a full year of update service still ahead! So, it's not even possible to update or extend the update service.
It seems to me that Acorn's fix is not advisable in such a situation because any coming updates under the update service will be missed.
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Prior to blocking you could have right click and download each of the content folders to your drive, then you would not need to access it other than the photos I guess.
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Originally Posted by
siran
Just to add some words about my 'User experience' to this:
My nagging screens started the day the 'Update service' expired (in the begining of december 2020). I never got a "Don't show again" check box. Clicked them away for months, hoping to get a check box when a new version is released.
That hope vanished in march.
Then pulled the plug by blocking Xara with the Windows firewall as one of you nice guys recommended.
No nags since then.
Can't insert 'Font awesome' symbols anymore (along with anything else from the online content catalogue), but "SO WHAT"!
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@Acorn you are very helpful as always, but this nag skin is getting skin deep.
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In V17.1 an error message 'You need to be online to use this feature' is shown.
That was not the case in V12 I'm quite sure.
Re: Totally getting peed royally
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Originally Posted by
siran
Can't insert 'Font awesome' symbols anymore (along with anything else from the online content catalogue), but "SO WHAT"!
If it is important to anyone then download Microsoft's Character Map UWP (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/ch...ot:overviewtab).
As Xara provides Fontawesome as a TT Font, you can use CharMap and FA with a search term or Unicode to access 704 characters.
You can copy it as a character or save as an SVG and drop onto your page.
I have always found this blocking very petty, which drove me to Xara Pro+.
Acorn
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I successfully blocked the unwelcome Magix intrusion by blocking the aforementioned service exe in my firewall software (Windows10FirewallControl) :D
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@Jaydear I can tell your satisfaction from your avatar ;))
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I'm a happy chappie. I do like using the parts of XDP that are useful to me, but those darned popups spoil the vibe :cool:
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You still look happy chappie ;))
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As irritating as these things can be, instead of spending lots of effort to stop it it might be a better idea to spend time considering if it really matters at all.
Once you decide this is unimportant and not really any great obstacle then you can get on with life and not waste time wishing software was something that it isn't.
“Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr