QuarkXPress 7 Coming Soon?

[Chupa Chupa]

Hard to believe a final version is near. Quark was trying to sell me v6 when it was a year out. So far not a peep from them on pre-ordering 7. The fact they are going to be UB way, way, way before Adobe might just head off any inroads Adobe has been making with Indesign.

 

[evilernie]

I've been a hardcore Quark user since 1990, and at one time, I loved it. However, they screwed me so many times over the years, and I just had to bend over and take it. Cryptic registration keys. Sure! I can't be trusted anyway. Quark 5, a minor upgrade for what, $500, $600, $700! Sure why not! It's got to be worth it, right? No OSX support for what, 3 years? Thank you sir may I have another! No multiple undos, years after everyone else has figured out that puzzle! Thanks Quark, for keeping me on my toes!

I FINALLY convinced my company to buy me InDesign about a year ago, and I am not going back now. It is so vastly superior to Quark, it's not even funny.

 

[dshootist]

Apple seems to have a special way of keeping things interesting. The transition to OS X and Quark's resulting snub of the new platform cost them a great deal of mindshare and I would venture to guess marketshare. Now they will be the first to support the Intel transition, with Adobe dragging way behind on all their products except LightRoom. Just when it seems a war has been won, a new battle breaks out with different leaders. And they say that the computer industry has settled and is now boring...

don't forget that with new "battlefields" come new casualties. Q7 may be the first to be a UB desktop pub app, but that doesn't always guarantee a win in the long run (anyone remember Newton? Palm1 doesn't). Adobe does have great track record with keeping the graphics/creative industry loaded with (usually) good software. i've been using Quark since the early-to-mid 90's for pre-press and production and have never liked it. i've hooked up our production department with ID CS and never looked in the rear view mirror. i guess we'll all see what happens when the first patch has to be distributed...