I have to agree, Xara grew up on the Archimedes RiscOS platform as Artworks, the team as Computer Concepts produces some very innovative products, it was a pity RiscOS lost out in the brawn over style schools placement battles of the 90s.
As soon as I saw this story, I had to make a comment.
I used to use ArtWorks on my Dad's Acorn A5000, maybe 10-13 years ago now. It was an outstanding platform, and Computer Concepts' software was stunningly well designed. It was fast, reliable, and had some very cool features.
I always found their software more intuitive very easy to use as a novice - for example, CC's Impression Publisher, which was a proper 'desktop publishing' package, is also the best word processor I have ever used. I think that says something about its ease of use! ArtWorks was similarly easy to use.
After using the Risc OS, I migrated to Windows, which I always thought was a big step backwards.
Now I'm using Linux for almost all of my computing. So personally, I can't wait to try Xara Xtreme, despite not having used the program for at least 10 years of development. I can well believe that it could be the best vector graphics program around soon.
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While skills in regular modern text editors are useful because they are transferable, they are quick to learn anyway, that's what's nice about them.
My comment is slightly off-topic, but seems kinda relevant to the above post...
I am told that there used to be a woman called Trudi Berger (my spelling may be incorrect...) at York University.
She specialised in crash language courses - she could get complete beginners to pass GCSE exams with flying colours in less than a week, by complete immersion in the subject. She was fluent in many languages.
However, she never learned 'Esperanto'.
She always said "They say that you can learn Esperanto in a week. So, when everyone else speaks it, I'll only be a week behind!"
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This is a common (slight) misquotation.
I believe the original quotation is as follows:
"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton
The meaning isn't quite the same, is it?
As soon as I saw this story, I had to make a comment.
I used to use ArtWorks on my Dad's Acorn A5000, maybe 10-13 years ago now. It was an outstanding platform, and Computer Concepts' software was stunningly well designed. It was fast, reliable, and had some very cool features.
I always found their software more intuitive very easy to use as a novice - for example, CC's Impression Publisher, which was a proper 'desktop publishing' package, is also the best word processor I have ever used. I think that says something about its ease of use! ArtWorks was similarly easy to use.
After using the Risc OS, I migrated to Windows, which I always thought was a big step backwards.
Now I'm using Linux for almost all of my computing. So personally, I can't wait to try Xara Xtreme, despite not having used the program for at least 10 years of development. I can well believe that it could be the best vector graphics program around soon.