Dear Xara...

I occasionally use my XWD11P application.
All I can say is it is a joy to use.

Startup - 5.4 seconds; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 13.8 seconds!
File > Page Options - Instant; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 5.8 seconds!
Line gallery > Document brushes - 1 second; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 7.2 seconds.
Utilities > Options - Instant; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 6.1 seconds.
Online Content Catalogue (OCC) - 1.7 seconds; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 1 second.
OCC > Delivery van 1 - 1.7 seconds; c.f., XDPXv16.3 - 5.1 seconds.

Test XWD11P XDPXv16.3 Disappointment
Factor
Startup 5.4 13.8 250%
File > Page Options <<1 5.8 >>580%
Line gallery > Document brushes 1 7.2 720%
Utilities > Options <<1 6.1 >>610%
Online Content Catalogue (OCC) 1.7 1 59%
OCC > Delivery van 1 1.7 5.1 300%


Overall, I ought to be disappointed with XDPX's cumulative performance by 112,383% over that of XWDP.
What I ought to be saying is I can be more productive in 95% of my work using a product that is reaching its fourth Birthday in five days.
I could simply port back into XDPX and finish off the last 5% there.

Pundits out there might say the impact is merely additive, so 39 seconds vs. 8.8 seconds, a mere 443% worse.

I say either statistic is damning.

Can we please get back to plaudits similar to "With its amazing speed, small size, reasonable system requirements, moderate price and powerful feature set, it's hard to go wrong with Xara Xtreme"?

Acorn