Xara Cloud Marketing Emails

[handrawn]

I think Xara Cloud, as it stands today, is intended for making office documents in a team based environment [pie charts and stuff] - and for sharing ideas about web-design, and vector-design, but obviously not participating in the the design process itself for these, because no layers and no tools for this

It may mature, but at the moment the hype outweighs the delivery by a large margin

Of course, it depends what you are expecting - if you are an office worker/team who just wants to put together an information leaflet for distribution in the organisation, or design a simple logo, or sketch out a visual, this might just be the tool; that's a different level of design to websites and animations

I too was miffed at being bounced straight into the trial

Hey, 'create anything you want/need' is almost worthy of the trades description act... except maybe that no sane person would actually believe it, when it comes from marketing, a breed not renowned for being objective.

I'm also amused by the constant use of the word 'awesome' - I've seen some genuinely awesome things in my time, but Xara is not one of them, especially not Xara Cloud - ok it's a buzz-word of the moment, but no substitiute for saying something meaningful, always assuming there is something meaningful to say... and BTW no, I don't 'LOVE' the new SVG feature, it's a given it should be there...

[Rob-Xar]

Egg - if you click on setting at the top right you can switch between variants.

I don't work in marketing at all however Acorn if you reply to one of the marketing emails I can put it in Matts inbox to look over I don't know how often he wanders into TG.

[Acorn]

Egg - if you click on setting at the top right you can switch between variants. I don't work in marketing at all however Acorn if you reply to one of the marketing emails I can put it in Matts inbox to look over I don't know how often he wanders into TG.

Kind offer Rob, but I don't reply to marketing emails, ever.

According to Kate Moir, Matt engages regularly with TG.

Acorn

P.S. Can you confirm that Xara Cloud doesn't allow you to create a Variant.

[Rob-Xar]

Yes, XC's web capabilities are quite limited - You can edit content on variants but not create or edit the actual variants themselves.

[webmaster]

Acorn, if you've decided Xara Cloud isn't for you, you can click the Unsubscribe or Notifications link at the bottom of the emails. You can reach Matt via the link in the Open Letter at the top of this page if you wish (but he's on holiday at the moment :-)

I think the main advantage of Xara Cloud for an existing Designer Pro owner is the ability to edit your files remotely using any device (including Macs of course) and, if you have the Premium version, in collaboration with colleagues or clients. Different story for non desktop owners.

The pricing is £5.95 per month for Premium, if you are in the UK and paying sterling of course (http://www.xara.com/uk/pricing/)

Kate

[Jonopen]

The pricing is £5.95 per month for Premium, if you are in the UK and paying sterling of course (http://www.xara.com/uk/pricing/)Kate

...plus 20% VAT (for the UK)

[webmaster]

Yes, good point, plus VAT. Unless you are a business and enter your VAT number. Before BREXIT (afterwards, who knows )

Kate