I've upgraded from X6 and Tabs are driving me insane. I drag in any number of images to view and work on them side by side. What do I need? - auto-resizing, floating windows and all the real estate I can muster.
1) Sure, open images using Open or Open Recent... and if the Option is set to "Open documents in floating window" they will open in floating windows, but drag them in from Windows Explorer and they tab. Can we have consistency here? Better still, can we get rid of tabs?
2) Tabs should be optional. They take up real estate and get in the way of working with multiple images.
3) The snap feature which opens the image to full workspace should also be an option. Why should I have to use Ctrl just to dock windows across the top? Lunacy.
4) no auto-resize of the floating window? Seriously? I mean, seriously? Corel clearly wants me to use tabs, but seriously, no auto-resize of the windows? Really? How many lines of coding must that have saved?
Here's where I'm coming from. I use SolidEdge CAD and when they introduced a revolutionary non-history-based method of creating 3D objects they had the good sense to maintain the old history-based method for those who preferred it. Everybody was happy. Cannot the same be done here and allow floating windows exactly as they were in X6, just for those of us who prefer/need that way of working?
Yes, it drives me crazy too... I had X4 and I got very unhappy when I found this windows mess... I use to have 4 to 8 windows open, plus one reference photo for skin colours and I also change the view size very often, which make this tab mess almost hopeless...
The totally useless tab (when you have one photo in one window) steal also valuable space at the top of each window, making every window bigger than it have to be!!
Sorry to hear this issue is still causing grief to faithful Paint users. I've given up on Paint in so much that I won't be upgrading from X6 unless this issue is fully resolved.
First of all, the lack of respect amazes me, you are talking about one of the most prestigious users worldwide. If you really want Corel to pay attention to your request, you are not on the right track.Second, if it is a compatibility issue, it is highly unlikely that Corel will go back to a version as old as X4. You have to look ahead, towards the future and towards Windows 11. In that case, you must clearly detail how you want the windows and dockers to behave, and why, that is, what advantage or importance it has. That is, you have to convince the company to put their programmers to work on that, leaving aside other tasks, therefore a good explanation is needed. If you can come up with that, I personally promise to hand it over to the Corel development team, though of course I can't promise they'll accept it.
Ariel said:the lack of respect amazes me
That cuts two ways. The "hey it doesn't bother me" attitude is neither helpful nor wanted.
Ariel said:it is highly unlikely that Corel will go back to a version as old as X4
Possibly true, but we are talking about X6
Ariel said:you must clearly detail how you want the windows and dockers to behave
We have. It's all detailed above but nobody is listening. Ultimately, David is right, we'll just have to buy other software or hang onto X6 for as long as Mr Gates allows us. I guess that'll be W12. W11 appears to be mostly cosmetic, FWICS.
Ariel said:I personally promise to hand it over to the Corel development team
That's a big statement and we'll hold you to it. All the info you need is in this thread. But why has it taken so long for somebody like yourself to come forward? This thread is over four years old. It tells you something about how sore some of us feel about this.
First you have an illusionary thought process. I never said "hey it doesn't bother me". You made that up and BS carries zero weight, you have no concept of what it takes to get a program changed.
It took me and others from version 7 to X5 to get color management addressed. That took hundreds of documented files and thousands of hours of my time alone. It took from X3 to 2019 to get complex fills and transparency processed properly for PDF files. Again hundreds of files and thousands of hours.
What I told you was the truth based on 30 years of Corel experience and 46 years of graphic experience.
Ariel is a honorable person give him what he asks for and he'll follow through. If you do that I'll help him. What is provided in this thread is essentially a bit more than zero.
Make some demonstration videos, show how the work flow was negatively affected. Provide files, documentation and what ever is ask for, respect is earned.
David Milisock said:Ariel is a honorable person
Yes, Ariel is a honorable person but he don't accept any legit critics about CorelDraw.
That is a serious and totally false accusation.When have I refused to accept any legitimate criticism?It seems somewhat unfair to me, considering that for years I have been helping many people to solve their problems. If I denied the criticism, I would not accept that there are errors or problems to fix. I've been reporting bugs for almost 20 years and helping people fix their problems.Honestly, I find it somewhat offensive that you say that I have refused to accept any legitimate criticism.Furthermore, I have offered to send your proposal to the technicians and managers, if you prepare a request detailing the reasons, advantages, disadvantages, etc. so that it is not just a question of "I like it that way." And yet your answer was "read the whole thread yourself, and do it yourself if you want". Considering that the person interested in changing it is you, it seems the most logical thing to explain it yourself. I am making a sincere and disinterested proposal to convey your proposal, but your response is very unkind, and above all, you unfairly accuse me of not accepting criticism. Surely you do not know the amount of criticism that I have transmitted to the company, so that they make improvements in the program.
Comments like this are disappointing ...
People don't want truth, they want someone to blindly jump up and champton their cause. Unfortunately Ariel this is a sign of our times all huff and puff zero work.
I suppored fixing the non auto docking as the OP calls it as soon as it was brought to my attention, but in a manner that was not public, I also brought on board others who were in the web industry to give council to Corel. Corel made their choice.
This is why I know it won't get changed without SIGNIFICANT effort the truth. However that makes me a bad person.
I respect your opinion and the fact that you have helped many people. Best regards