I really like Xara Web Designer and Xara Designer Pro 11, both of which I purchased.

While Xara's design tools are about as good as it gets and the responsive ability of Xara puts it way ahead of the pack, there are a few areas where it just falls flat. The included form tools are a joke - I will NEVER use a form service for my clients or myself. I believe in creating my own forms and having total control over the data and where it goes. ALL of my current web design tools have this EXCEPT for Xara, yet all the others are missing the key features that make Xara my go-to tool for website design.

I think the largest lacking area in Xara for web design is forms. The options they offer are unusable for my clients. Having proper form creation tools would be the next biggest area for an upgrade as far as i'm concerned. I know I could do it programmatically, but that would be a pain! Right now, I am using another web design software that excels at form design to create the form and upload it, then grab that in Xara. Xara Designer Pro 11 is great for just about everything else (well, it could use Database tools like MySQL inclusion, but that's a whole other thing).

Would pre-made form templates that work in Xara without having to import a already made web page be possible? It would be far better to be able to have form controls for all kinds of custom forms, tbh, but any kind of form would be welcome.

Obviously, without proper form tools like buttons, text boxes, radio and check boxes, text area and other form controls, Xara cannot be used for this. Xara is also missing any jquery control integration, like a data grid, slider bars, etc.

This is what Xara needs next to be considered a serious web design tool. It does everything else well.

Mike