ok, understood

you have been using this software and it's precursor[s] for a long time, me I only started autumn 2003, when I needed a vector editor to work with early Toon Boom in the days when that program was as much used as a flash alternative as anything else; Toon Boom has come a very long way; xara keeps on truckin' along in it's own sweet way

from the beginning I looked on xara as a budget option; I still think of it as a budget option, but it is now a very expensive budget option in comparision to affinity, except for the web which affinity does not do

I use it for a small set of operations because the UI makes them easy; I frequent this forum out of habit now and look back on the days of thinking 'one program does everything' with some bemusement

I think my definition of art and craft differs, we have been there before; art is the inspiration and chosen direction, craft is the implementation of this