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Post number 3465

grumblebee — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:38:24 -0800

The Little Graphics App That Could! If you like vector illustraction programs, you should definitely check this out! Xara is a zillion times better than Illustrator, which is major bloatware. The last version of Xara, version 2, was only 7 megs. I've used it for years now. It's lean, fast, and never crashes. Now Xara Ltd. is about to release a new version. You can download the public beta for free at their website. If you buy a copy, it's only $145!!!

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:51:30 -0800

By the way, there's a huge community of Xara supporters here. And the tutorials here are especially good!

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:53:32 -0800

bah, windows-only. So much for that :-) -Mars

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:56:29 -0800

Yes, but it's such a good program that it's worth buying a wintel maching just to run it! 8-p

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:46:49 -0800

lol grumblebee - I have plenty of Intel machines, but no copies of Windows to run on them... not that I could boot into Windows anyway, since they're all running servers of one kind or another :-) -Mars, stuck up elitist OS snob

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:28:36 -0800

Hey, you can always run Xara (and Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, etc.) in VMWare for you Linux types. I've used it and I agree. It's better for many quick jobs than Illustrator, though you don't have as much finely-tuned control.

By: webmutant

webmutant — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:22:37 -0800

Only $145? I wonder if I have that much in the change down the back of the couch ....