I hate to bring this lovefest to an end, and I hope the Angry Dutchman doesn't yell at me again [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

But I am disappointed. After an eternity of waiting we were given a Sept release date. We were told that X was in beta testing (limited to a few at that!) and the company wanted to get all the bugs worked out before the initial release.

Sept comes and goes, and we're left with a limited slow buggy beta copy and we're asked for suggestions? Is the beta testing starting all over again???

So much for not letting the competition get an idea of seeing the features before it was out.

I have a billion conspiracy theories at work that I won't go into, I have a felling we'll have plenty of time to examine each one individually.

I'm worried for Xara, esp with the new release of Draw just around the corner.

Saying that, I have found some useful features in the beta. I like being able to import PNG with transparency intact, and I like how X exports custom gradients to SWF. I haven't been able to use it much, I've got it on my old p233 for I do not install beta software on my production machine.

Phew, I feel a bit better now. You know, when you boil it all down, it doesn't matter if it's ever released.