At the end of today my update service for XDP will end and for the first time in many years I've decided not to upgrade/update. The price of € 129 is simply not in proportion to the few new features that have been offered over the past year.

The near total focus on the new cloud thing and the vague communications about development on the desktop apps being continued, do not bode well. Equally telling is the lack of straight and consistent communication by management with the community here at TG, creating a sense of bewilderment and frustration in many loyal Xara users.

As Dr. Phil is apt to say: “The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior”. With what I have seen develop over the past few years, things will only get worse.

But I'd love to be proven wrong.