ABSTRACT of XARA SUPPORT NEWS - https://support.xara.com/index.php?/News/List
13 April 2016
We’ve just launched a new version of Web Designer and Web Designer Premium. (12.0.0)
25 May 2016
We’ve just launched a new version of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer.
Version 12.1.0.45181
01 June 2016
We’ve released a free update to Web Designer and Web Designer Premium, bringing them up to version 12.0.1
04 July 2016
We’ve just launched a new version of Xara Designer Pro
Version 12.2.0.45774
We’ve released a free update to Web Designer and Web Designer Premium, bringing them up to version 12.2.0 under our Update Service.
06 October 2016
We’ve released a free update to Photo & Graphic Designer, bringing it up to version 12.3.0 under our Update Service.
09 November 2016
We’ve released a free update to Designer ProX and Web Designer Premium, bringing them up to version 12.4.0 under our Update Service.
17 November 2016
Designer ProX and Web Designer Premium have been updated to 12.4.1.
09 February 2017
We’ve released a free update to Photo & Graphic Designer, bringing it up to version 12.5.0 under our Update Service.
14 February 2016
Photo & Graphic Designer has been updated to 12.5.1. The update includes change to the programs noticeboard mechanism.
31 March 2017
We’ve just released updates to the 365 versions of Web Designer Premium and Designer Pro under our Update Service. (12.6.0)
07 Jun 2017
We’ve released a free update to Photo & Graphic Designer, bringing it up to version 12.7.0 under our Update Service.
The update includes change to the programs noticeboard mechanism.
13 July 2017
We’ve released a free update to Designer Pro X365, bringing it up to version 12.8.0 under our Update Service.
26 July 2017
A 12.8.1 patch was released.
This is a minor update to the 12.8.0 release.


AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS
Designer Pro X - http://www.xara.com/uk/designer-pro/download/
12.4.1
12.8.1
Photo & Graphic Designer - http://www.xara.com/uk/photo-graphic-designer/download/
12.5.1
12.7.0
Web Designer Premium - http://www.xara.com/uk/web-designer/download/
12.4.1
12.6.2
Web Designer - http://www.xara.com/uk/web-designer/download/
12.4.1
12.6.2

I have added these two lists here to point out two aspects:


  1. If I bought my update licence on 13 April 2016, I can no longer download my base copy. I seem to have lost my perpetual licence promise. Do I therefore get v12.4.1 (i.e., the earliest available download) for free?
  2. For DPX, we have had 3 upgrades in the last year to date and I would discount v12.6.0 as it has never appeared as an available download since July. Designer 11 has 5 upgrades in 6 months and I got to keep them all.


The upgrade sevice is anything but.

Acorn