Still no news on the next release of Xtreme

**JaffDave** · 29 May 2010, 02:11 AM

Just received Xara Outsider and was hoping to see ground breaking news on a release date or some hint of the next version but alas nothing, nada not a thing.

Anyone have any thoughts on a lite version of Xtreme for the IPAD, There are some nice lite graphic apps out there.

**pauland** · 29 May 2010, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by JaffDave

Anyone have any thoughts on a lite version of Xtreme for the IPAD, There are some nice lite graphic apps out there.

If the Apple Mac market is not of interest/viable for Xara/Magix , then I doubt the iPad market is either at this stage.

**Nostaw** · 01 June 2010, 01:09 AM

Will there actually be an Xtreme PRO version in future?

**steve.ledger** · 01 June 2010, 01:24 AM

We've already heard that there is.
Version 6 standard will not have Web Designer 6 upgrades but Pro will.

**instinctive.de** · 01 June 2010, 08:20 AM

To be honest, I've lost hopes in Xtreme a little because of the "Xtreme" shift towards cheap static web-site making, instead of a graphics tool.

Sadly my bad feeling about this is further strongly supported by the new "Technical support" forum here, which is "version-neutral", and thus serves as a good statistic about the usage distribution of Xara versions: There, it can be clearly seen than 99% of users are "cheap website making" folks, which indicates where the future emphasisis is. There's hardly a single post about Xtreme.

Anyway. Still hoping to see and upgrade to a strong Xtreme 6 Pro...

**tonylondon** · 01 June 2010, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by instinctive.de

Sadly my bad feeling about this is further strongly supported by the new "Technical support" forum here, which is "version-neutral", and thus serves as a good statistic about the usage distribution of Xara versions: There, it can be clearly seen than 99% of users are "cheap website making" folks, which indicates where the future emphasisis is. There's hardly a single post about Xtreme.

It could be because WD6 has recently been released? Or perhaps there are less issues about Xtreme? I do share your other sentiments, though...

**JaffDave** · 03 June 2010, 06:44 AM

I'm OK with the web developer tool, it's great to display concept work to clients prior to the real coding work.

If the WD software is keeping Xtreme afloat I say run with it. What Xtreme can't do my Adobe software can.

**angelize** · 03 June 2010, 07:22 AM

I'm one of those "cheap website making folks" and I have put a lot of time into learning how to use both Xtreme and Web Designer to create a growing home business. I don't have any degrees and I can't write code but I can draw and I know a lot about layout and design from the years I have spent designing advertising. I am proud of my website that I created myself from scratch using Web designer and Xtreme Pro. I am waiting for the release of Xtreme 6 and hoping that along with the new web design features there might be some other new features. Xara has done a great job with web designer.

**JokeArtist** · 03 June 2010, 09:43 AM

Nice website ... good use of Comic Sans and I love the colours

**jonazen** · 04 June 2010, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by angelize

I'm one of those "cheap website making folks" and I have put a lot of time into learning how to use both Xtreme and Web Designer to create a growing home business. I don't have any degrees and I can't write code but I can draw and I know a lot about layout and design from the years I have spent designing advertising. I am proud of my website that I created myself from scratch using Web designer and Xtreme Pro. I am waiting for the release of Xtreme 6 and hoping that along with the new web design features there might be some other new features. Xara has done a great job with web designer.

I'm not a professional artist by any means -- but I've used graphics tools for many many years for presentations and complex business graphics, my own business brochures, websites, photo editing, loads of web graphics for a commercial games site we built and ran a few years ago (half a million members!), and more. I depended heavily on Corel products for several years, added PhotoImpact for its sheer convenience for knocking out some quick images and effects *cheap*, added Paintshop Pro in the mix, then Fireworks and Photoshop along with some inexpensive ones like Serif DrawPlus. When I learned about Xara it was a breath of fresh air -- deceptive simple looking, with an approach that feels far more intuitive than so many of the menu-heavy apps. The rendering speed and non-destructive image editing are great. I may not have all the same fine control in Xara Xtreme that I would in Photoshop -- but I can knock out some excellent looking work in a fraction of the time with Xara, and it's simply a fun environment to work in.

I've also been knocking out a few quick websites with Xtreme 5, and it's great that I can simply fire it up, crank out a few quick changes and post them online in a couple of minutes -- pretty amazing.

I'm sorely tempted to get WebDesigner 6, as it would probably make maintenance of several of these sites easier. But I also want to keep up with Pro, and will be buying it when it comes out, so getting WebDesigner 6 now would seem to be a waste of money.

So -- how long do I wait? Should I just bite the bullet and pay for WebDesigner now knowing full well that I'll ditch it for Pro when that comes out?

- Jon