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    Mike we are just wet dreaming. X2 is in the works, but no hints other than that have been leaked. Matter of fact, we knew that X2 was in the works at the release of X1. This is just a minor release, but worth the upgrade cost. About every 4/5 months we start asking again but get no confirmations/denials... So... we wait.

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    About every 4/5 months we start asking again but get no confirmations/denials... So... we wait.
    Well, it's now been eight (8) months since this topic started and still no sign of the improved XPE.

    And all the time, I'm looking at the new version of Picasa and I'm thinking, "Hmmm... nice thumbnails. Superb printing. Nice basic photo retouching. In fact, even the advanced retouching is pretty good. The cropping and rotating are excellent. Multiple undo levels. Original picture reversion. The one thing that it doesn't have is complete integration with Xara. Hmmm..."

    And, as I continue to get familiar with Picasa, I have to ask myself how much that integration really matters to me.

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    "It went on vacation, then went off to picture editor school to learn some new things.

    It's not dead." - AntonyF

    Hi Brianlj,

    I think you got your answer already from AntonyF. It is not dead, they are just still fiddling with it some more. Remember, good things come to those who wait.

    I would rather have to wait a little longer for an excellent product, than to get a P.O.S. (Piece Of $hit) released every 90 days like Microsux. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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    Great link, brianlj. I've been waiting for XPE too, for my own use and a 50-user company too. I'll give Picasa a go tomorrow, it looks like it could save us / cost Xara a lot of money - looks like it does all + more what we need.

    Just need a patch or registry setting to stop Xara opening XPE on a doubleclick and the XPE development could be "complete" http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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    "It went on vacation,
    It went on vacation? What?? What for? Had it worked hard for a full year and so deserved some time off? No. It had arrived showing some promise and then done nothing else for a year. And it gets to go on vacation? Yeah, right.

    "then went off to picture editor school to learn some new things."
    New things for XPE, or new things for any photo editor?

    I think users have been quite effective at letting Xara Ltd know exactly what XPE lacked. 'New things' is not exactly what we want: we want standard features done well and achieved simply.

    I would rather have to wait a little longer for an excellent product, than to get a P.O.S. (Piece Of $hit) released every 90 days like Microsux. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
    I'm certainly no MS apologist, but I can't, offhand, think of any of their software that they've released every 90 days. Nothing even close.

    And, 'a little longer'? Alas, your definition of little is somewhat different to mine. To me, 'little' doesn't mean the best part of a year.

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    "I'm certainly no MS apologist, but I can't, offhand, think of any of their software that they've released every 90 days. Nothing even close." - Brian

    Hmmm... I guess you do not do the automatic updates from Microsux then.... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

    GIGO... Garbage In Garbage Out http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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    That's not a valid comparison with the situation we're talking about here with XPE.

    Microsoft do not release feature-updated versions of their programs every 90 days. Yes, they regularly releases updates to correct newly-uncovered flaws in their products. As they should.

    For instance, if it were discovered that XPE trashed BMPs which were exactly square, I would expect Xara Ltd to issue a fix within a matter of a very few weeks. As they should.

    This is nothing to do with long-promised feature enhancements in an updated program.

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    Okay... I will agree with that. But I have not seen a version Microsux orfice worth upgrading too since 97, and that was not worth upgrading to if you had 95.

    From what I have seen, the majority of businesses have felt the same way. Sales of Orfice have declined steadily for the last 5 years. Business only upgrade when they have to. Now microsux has stooped low enough to throw a 90 day student version of orfice in with new computers. So you will either have to build the machine yourself, or buy the latest orfice within 90 days. Unlike xara where you can have several versions of the same program on the same machine. Microsux, has made it that if you upgrade any part of orfice you can not load an older version on that machine...

    Microsux has the morals and ethics of a pimp.

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    Looks like we've come to an impass.

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    Yea I guess so. I would rather wait and have a good product, others would prefer instant graticfication no matter how worthless the garbage is.

    Oh well... to each his own.

 

 

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