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lets make a list of what features we would like to see in Online Designer.
Some things I've mentioned in the other thread are:
e-book export with flipping pages
boolean operations like join, add, subtract, intersect etc.
drawing tools like a pen tool and a freehand tool
photo filters
and the ability to create my own text styles
Some new ones:
spirals
brushes
more templates
Smart connectors
Most of the letter and resume' templates are A4 documents. I'd like for the templates to also be offered in US letter size.
jww
A "Save As" feature.
Thanks for the feedback so far. Some of the requests above are already in the pipeline, for example expect to see US Letter sized templates soon. Others will be added to the wishlist for consideration.
I don't know if this is possible in an online browser driven format but I'd like to see layers in the Online designer
Well they are targeting the business market, where I'd think the lack of native support for tables is going to be an even bigger stumbling block than in the desktop version. (Yes, I know there are workarounds...)
I think they'll sort that in the not to distant future.
Do you have a particular reason to think this is imminent? If you are right, it would be wonderful. But in the past when I and others have asked about support for tables, the response on this list has usually been that it would need a big change in the code base and is unlikely. Then we got an extremely limited 'table' feature which really isn't adequate for most needs. Then people on this list supplied workarounds involving placeholders and Google Docs which are nice (I use them myself) but way beyond what you could expect of most non-techie users. When I'd take people for a test drive, one of the first things they'd ask was 'Where's the button to insert a table?' (not 'Is there a way to insert a table?'). XWD says right at the start of its help files that the appearance of websites is important and that you should only have to use one programme. But if a small business just wants an easy-on-the-eye list of their services and charges... or an easily editable table of staff with their photos, phone numbers and areas of speciality.. or a nicely formatted list of conferences and dates, with the ability to add/delete lines...they have a problem. Many of these people don't need a full-blown CMS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
None at all. However in my own personal opinion Xara is trying to escape from the original source code engine behind Xara software which is now very long in the tooth and redevelop this via Xara Online software. I've no evidence of this, just a hunch ;)Quote:
Do you have a particular reason to think this is imminent?
Let's hope your hunch is correct...
Please show me wrong but I would like to have a web Preview without having to go to the main application.
It seems a large oversight not to have this already.
Acorn
I chatted with xara recently and understand there is some work towards a better table widget. No commitment on time but very pleased to hear there is work on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by yjs
Thanks onlye, this is great news. I do hope that they will liaise in depth about the feature set with people who actually use tables constantly. The current table widget seems like a well-intentioned gesture from developers who didn't really understand what table-users really need (including the usability factor, which is normally Xara's great strength in other areas).Quote:
Originally Posted by onlye
Share icon > Share... > Copy (link) > Paste into Browser address bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
Not very webby,
Acorn
What I would like to is the ability to add and manage users for a document. For example I am hoping to use the OD for a project at work and if it proves well I could be asked to do more documents and while one dropbox account would be used for store access different employees may require different access to certain documents ie: lower level personnel might not need, or should have, access to certain documents.
The Table of contents features that the desktop versions have.
What I would really like to see in Online Designer is the option to remove it completely from Xara, instead of having to disconnect the internet to prevent it doing what it does.
Bob.
Bob, are you confusing the Online Designer from the On-line Content Catalogue? The former is disconnected from the Xara desktop application.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamtheblues
Acorn
Yep, more than likely Acorn. I'm not really in favour of any application that insists on an internet connection for ordinary usage, it is all intrusive, whichever it is, I'm not interested in anything from the Online Catalogue or the Online Designer, so whatever the nomenclature is, I don't want it! I sound like a Luddite, but I'm not, honestly. ;)
No you are not a Luddite. I much prefer the small utility that you can elect to have active that does the chattering Xara seems to like so much. There is a Registry option to stop Xara accessing the On-line Content Catalogue and relying on what you have downloaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamtheblues
I have not tried it but I would like that as a default and if I want the OCC, then and only then, make a connection.
Acorn
Set line-width and line-color for shapes.
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