CorelDraw X7 Graphics Suite users please answer this what is more important to you and are you willing to pay a small fee for it.
Improving current features so they work properly as best possible?
New features at the cost of leaving old features as they are?
New features and fixing the old ones?
Please which counts more to you?
Hello David; I think I want the Best sword I can get, I want it sharp in case I want to shave with it and strong enough to cut a tree down with. I Think Corel is doing a Fair job of keeping me so I can still make a living. And you know that no matter what they come up with not everyone is going to be happy. I was happy to be able to make signs with ver. 1 and things have been getting better all the time, as long as I can keep finding a work around to get the job done, at least semi fast I'm happy, but I would like things to work right and also keep New items Coming. [;)] And I guess I could look at Adobe again, but I think I'm using the Best graphics software out now, why drop back? If a fire is needed under Corel to make them do better I'll help carry the wood.
George
I agree, CorelDraw works well for me as a sign maker and in general graphics work, it has developed nicely with core technology support over the last three cycles. With that said my work flow uses all the core technologies but does not utilize more than about 30% of the features.
On this forum I see users utilizing the other aspects of the application with some dissatisfaction and when I investigate some of the complaints I see they are genuine.
I'm not lighting a fire under Corel I'm stimulating conversation on this public forum between the users of CorelDraw 7 so Corel can see what their client base wants.
I for one do not want a font generator that is not really a proper font creation tool, and for that matter any tool old or new that is incomplete. I want and I'm willing to pay to have a significant increase in the functionality of the current tools contained within X7 and a modest implementation of new features in the future.
I'm asking others to chime in because keeping Corel strong is in all of our best interests.
David Milisock said:Improving current features so they work properly as best possible?
Yes. Definitely. CorelDrawX7 is the best version there has ever been, let down by lack of maintenance. In the list I added to the other thread I would gladly pay the u/g price for upgrades to those underperforming tools
David Milisock said:New features at the cost of leaving old features as they are?
No. Unless the new tool is absolutely the 'best in class' and a feature that many current users would value. I hate the second rate culture of some recent additions.
David Milisock said:New features and fixing the old ones?
If you accept that Corel has lost the opportunity to pinch Adobe customers when they went subscription, unless Corel suddenly finds a huge pile of dollars under the bed, that sisn't going to happen. Thats why we see the legacy bug situation, limited new functionality and new features that are undewhelming. I dont think this is an option, Corel Corp is too mean to dip into its pockets and invest.
We're the ones that have to tell Corel what we want, we're the user and represent not only the current user base but a pool of future users because the future user works in our field.
Everyone need to say it load and clear. What do we the user see as a balance between new features and fixing current features and what are we willing to pay for it?
David Milisock said:We're the ones that have to tell Corel what we want
Yes, and we told them in the "X7 Wishlist" which was mostly ignored.
I as well do not want a font creation program, but do want innovation and stability.
I would also like to change this new web page, I just don't like it, but I know my say is irrelevant to Corel.