Not feeling Xara Cloud

**bwood** · 01 April 2020, 02:29 PM

Far be it from me to rattle another cage during these days of isolation, but I don’t understand why Magix even continues it’s cloud version of Xara. If the thread count on this forum is any indication there’s hardly any interest.
My feeling now after a try out and a regular user of XDP and XWD I can only see this cloud version as simply an effort to grab some % of Wordpress. I haven’t checked Wordpress versus Cloud monthly payment, but whenever I see a monthly payment I walk away slowly. I’d like to know how many Cloud users there actually is? If collaboration is the end game one can easily set up another user with XD and passwords easily.
@xara. Sorry, I just don’t get it.

**Acorn** · 01 April 2020, 02:45 PM

Bill, I am one (and a paid-up member too) but no one else in TG seems to bother.

It is more targeted towards the integration of all social media and corporate presence rather than web delivery.
Perhaps that will come eventually but Xara watered down its promised capabilities and as is will only ever stay a niche product.

Acorn

P.S. Could a Mod move this Thread to the Xara Cloud Forum?

**handrawn** · 01 April 2020, 02:51 PM

which may be why the buzz for it is not here... it's on social media...

**pauland** · 01 April 2020, 04:24 PM

I don't think Xara cloud has anything to do with Magix, does it?

**handrawn** · 01 April 2020, 05:32 PM

no indeed, it is the one product that does not, and that is still 100% Xara [Xara GmbH]

**Acorn** · 01 April 2020, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by pauland

I don't think Xara cloud has anything to do with Magix, does it?

Absolutely nothing. It is all Xara. But what is Xara these days? Xara Cloud is registered in Germany (c.f., Copyright © 2020 Xara GmbH): https://www.xara.com/imprint/.

Read into http://magazine.magix.com/en/xara/ as well.

A useful insight is page 8 of https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/d...47b3603a653928.

Acorn

**siran** · 01 April 2020, 08:50 PM

I'm one of those damn hobbyists. I would use this product if it was useful, but in my opinion it is not.
It is just about sticking existing content together. (Nothing I consider helpful.)
It should be decided to either improve it radically or to drop it (my opinion).
I tried it three or four times for now, and even me as a non artist or designer feel it is much too limited to be creative. From my point of view it shoud not have not left beta state yet.