Quark 5 is coming out soon.
I just saw the box (it's blue; I can get more info tomorrow). One feature I noticed is something that all tech would appreciate; a method of keeping track of who has what serial#/activation code incase you have to reinstall or move someone to another computer. Cool beans!. i'll get more dirt.
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I still don't see any point for people to upgrade from 4.1 to 5 if it's not OSX native.
Even 5 is OSX native lots of print house out there won't migrate for a least a year.
BTW. Their upgrade policy really stinks
export content as XML, or import XML content into your document.
Make hyperlinks for PDF and web
Create/export multicolor tables
Layers
New Applescript features
Quark Color management system
New user interface with context menus
Manage multi user sites with licence controller applet. cool
Thats all I know. the box will be blue and black with lily pads and flowers on the front. Looks better than the old box. But it sucks that it's not carbonized.
Quark 5 may come out soon, but InDesign 2 will destroy Quark based on what I've seen....
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When will Quark ever learn?
<strong>The other new features seem pretty stupid... who wanted to design web pages in Quark?</strong><hr></blockquote>
My sentiments exactly. The only real "improvement" I saw in the beta was that Quark was finally able to display postscript fonts properly without having to force the program to redraw the screen everytime I changed something.
Seems like this release was cobbled together from the wish lists of publishing and media execs who want to be able to "multi-purpose" their content. But execs don't use Quark: designers and typesetters do. If I really wanted my stuff in XML, I'd have it marked up to begin with, not use some lame back-end conversion.
<strong>New features:
New user interface with context menus
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Ahh that is Quark for you. Once OS 9 becomes obsolete they decide to make Quark follow along with it's gui instead of it's own OS 7'ish look
Price alone is a major selling point for InDesign. Transperency in InDesign 2.0 will also be a major feature.
I play too much q3 I guess.
Further, Adobe can and is adding in native capabilities to ID that Quark doesn't have at all - via Xtension or otherwise. If you design house folks want the scenario to change, you have to stop playing into Quark's hands and take the attitude that you will get done what needs doign with ID...even if it takes a little extra effort in some cases (and less in others).
Send em to their grave. You have the power to do this whether you want to admit it or not.
<strong>I tried out the beta that came out a couple month ago... I would say it was a big disappointment, but I wasn't really expecting much to begin with. The only useful new feature in IMO is tables. The pallettes are finally platinum. Still no multiple undos (or any undo of many commands), still lacking many standard mac interface conventions, like down arrow to go to the end of a line. The other new features seem pretty stupid... who wanted to design web pages in Quark?</strong><hr></blockquote>
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