I am a new Xara user, and so far I love its speed and features.

However, I hate the Layers gallery, and the rest of the galleries.

The layers gallery is very primitive, and I am disappointed that it's not as useful as Illu$trator is (yes, Illu$trator has major issues, but its layer palette is not one of them). In Xara's layer's gallery I want to be able to see at a glance the INDIVIDUAL items in each layer (a la Adobe's overpriced software). At the moment all I can see is that layers 1-x exist, which is nearly useless when I want to know what items reside in what layer right away (for example my drawing's highlights are on layer 5.)

As for the rest of the galleries, can we PLEASE have them re-designed? They are ugly, look unprofessional and are not very user-friendly. They just look like something written in the 80s/90s, and could really use a re-write to make them more intuitive. Many parts of Xara are intuitive, but the galleries are not.

Thanks for listening