I used it in the 90's and they were ignorant and arrogant ... but relevant. I had a look at it again 3 years ago and they still were ignorant and arrogant .... but this time utterly irrelevant. What a waste of space.
LOL. Have to admit, never liked dealing with the company as an Apple dealer back in the DTP era, always preferred Aldus. The thing was, Quark was always the choice of Newspaper and magazine clients from '87 onwards due to the threading, kerning and ligatures it had long before PageMaker and those were large volume Mac sales so can't complain. Plus I suspect the then support staff in the newspapers loved its complexity compared to PM as it kept them in a job
I'm looking forward to giving the upcoming Affinity Publisher a whirl......
Thanks for the reminder I haven't checked on Affinity's product portfolio for a while. I am still hoping to see an Aperture/DAM like product from them not to mention a Muse killer! I'd so love to drop Adobe CC payments.
The Quark appeal for me is twofold: not forcing me to buy a subscription and not forcing me to use an Adobe product. (Fair point if you argue that's just a different perspective on the same appeal.) Quark also has made XPress relatively affordable to non-commercial users through good education and OK (especially without subscription) non-profit pricing. I began using XPress at v3.3.1, really liked v4, and still have PPC machines running v6.5. Critics are entirely correct about the nearly fatal combination of Quark's arrogant attitude, refusal to embrace OS X, and some miserable releases. The near-death experience seems to have given them some focus, though, and I've generally enjoyed using v2015 and v2016. Instead of piling on about bad experiences from a decade ago, Quark bashers should at least to give it a demo whirl. You need not switch, but you'll see it ain't that bad.
I don't like the new subscription model, although I understand the nicety of a continuous revenue stream for Adobe. I do not envision ever giving them monthly money. I'll use what I need to... to avoid a repeating cost.
If your InDesign is crashing... and mine doesn't... at least my non-rental versions on various Macs... check your fonts for corruption. Also restart your Mac at the beginning of your workday. Save often.
I haven't used QuarkXpress since the 90s, when we all gave it up.
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Thanks for the reminder I haven't checked on Affinity's product portfolio for a while. I am still hoping to see an Aperture/DAM like product from them not to mention a Muse killer! I'd so love to drop Adobe CC payments.
I don't like the new subscription model, although I understand the nicety of a continuous revenue stream for Adobe. I do not envision ever giving them monthly money. I'll use what I need to... to avoid a repeating cost.
If your InDesign is crashing... and mine doesn't... at least my non-rental versions on various Macs... check your fonts for corruption. Also restart your Mac at the beginning of your workday. Save often.
I haven't used QuarkXpress since the 90s, when we all gave it up.