The controversial eraser tool

[pauland]

John, as ever, you miss the point. I give up. That should please you.

[David O'Neil]

I was tempted to possibly upgrade to V7 someday, because of the some of the features (paltry though the vector additions are), but if John's attitude is indicative of Xara's policy/attitude I'll look more into spending my future money on the alternatives, such as the AutoDesk alternative posted, or Illustrator. Brushes, mesh tool, memory limitations, full OpenType font support... The list goes on, and Xtreme is falling behind... If you are enrolled in some community colleges, AutoDesk allows you to freely try out their software and learn it for a very generous term, as long as it isn't used commercially. And the YouTube vids showing warping of gradients is mind-blowing compared to the (not-so) Xtreme method.

<edit>Oh. Maybe the 'falling behind' is the reason they disbanded the Xtreme name. I liked that title much better than the current mouthful. There's a lot to be said for simplicity.</edit>