Is latest Web Designer 'properly' responsive?
I haven't been using Xara for a while now, having stuck to using Wordpress for my needs, but I now want to get back to HTML and so am looking at updating from v11 to the latest - 15 or X whatever the latest one is. However, I cannot see whether the new designer uses Viewport or whether it still uses variants, the blurb isn't really clear so I just want a definitive clarification of how Xara handles responsive websites before I pay for the upgrade.
Re: Is latest Web Designer 'properly' responsive?
Current version is 16 and it still uses variants to allow for WYSIWYG. So, it's adaptive but not responsive.
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When you think about it, isn't it better to have variants that work with a specific size range and over which you have design control than one or two variants that arbitrarily adjust and restructure to fit each browser variation?
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Many thanks for the replies. I can see what you say, it's just that having just come from WP and looking at many sites around these days, I really want to stick to 'responsive' so I was interested in whether Xara was doing the same.
Thanks anyway.
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gwpriester
When you think about it, isn't it better to have variants that work with a specific size range and over which you have design control than one or two variants that arbitrarily adjust and restructure to fit each browser variation?
Not when Google keeps complaining that your pages are too wide for mobile. I have 3 variant sizes: 320px, 480px, 960px. I am pretty sure that 320px is not too wide for any modern mobile device. But Google still complains. They also complain that I don't have a viewport... or something like that. Ed
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Version 16 is 64 bit only. 15 can install both 32 and 64.
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Boy
Current version is 16 and it still uses variants to allow for WYSIWYG. So, it's adaptive but not responsive.
I checked for updates and it tells me that my version is the most current. However it shows to be 15.1.0.53605. So how do I get to version 16?
Thanks, as always.
Curly In KC
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CurlyInKC
I checked for updates and it tells me that my version is the most current. However it shows to be 15.1.0.53605. So how do I get to version 16?
Thanks, as always.
Curly In KC
Try https://www.xara.com/us/web-designer/download/.
If you no longer have access to the Update Service, complain to Xara that you were not advised that v16.0 was available.
Acorn
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Acorn
Got the latest version. Thanks!
Curly
Re: Is latest Web Designer 'properly' responsive?
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CurlyInKC
Got the latest version. Thanks!
Curly
Well done Curly and thanks for advising back.
Acorn