Please include a batch image resize option in Xara Pro, similar to that in Adobe Fireworks. Needs to include list of images, max width or height, rename output file, replace characters in output file, set image quality as a minimum. Crop would be helpful, but has to be able to specify crop from middle, top, bottom, left, right.

I use Xara Pro for most of my image editing, its usually quicker and easier than adobe stuff. However, to resize a batch of images all to the same width and proportional height, I use the Adobe Fireworks batch image resize function.