XDP12 (and all the other Xara s/w I assume) does an odd thing, at least I think it's odd... you can close the program without saving your work, but when you re-open the program it still has your work sitting there as you left it. If you try to close that unsaved window it asks if you want to save it. The odd part is that all your undo-ability is gone which seems kind of pointless to me. If they're doing you the favour of keeping your unsaved work in limbo, logically they should keep all the undo info too. The Serif s/w looks nice. I notice they say no subscriptions - I guess they're having a dig at Xara/Magix. I like the modern look of Serif's adjustment sliders too. When you use several programs it helps when the GUI's are similar... Xara is looking old-fashioned.