Yeah - I saw the Affinity line. I got the beta of the PC version. There are definitely some interesting things going on there, but what a huge learning curve just to get back to the same level of understanding. Like all software, I imagine that after knowing the affinity program at the same level of depth that I know Xara, which is pretty deep, but not expert by any means, I'd likely find other issues with their program, mny shorcomings, performance issues, missing features, etc. I used to have some Serif products and back "in the day" there were things that were really cool compared to other options on the market (like PageMaker) but in the end there were too many isues to take the products seriously.

But I'll definitely give Serif the nod on the marketing savvy on their Affinity product - MUCH more compelling than the equivalent Xara program videos. But when I get the beta/demo, it is an adventure in "how long will it take me to be productive here".

Just some random thoughts.