My post Why does Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 feel more like beta software? explains everything im having an issue with X5. In an effort to log the issues with this software, Im asking that if your an X5 User and are having file corruption, crashes, freezes and other such fun stuff happening to you killing your time and money while in Draw or Photopaint, please post it here.
In order to keep it all clean and easy for someone at Corel to follow, please only list issues for X5 and not turn it into a discussion out of topic.
Please, there is no need to try to defend Corel here as Iv used Corel since version 4 (not X4), so thats a long time using it.
Hello,
I have got some problem with Corel Draw X5 Versions.When i type "Divehi", "Farsi", "Arabic", "Hebrew" using the windows default language(using language bar) with fonts it seems to be going left to right, but in x5 if i write on a text box it seems to be okay. but normally we cant write, because "Divehi", "Farsi", "Arabic", "Hebrew" these languages are written from right to left.
Maybe there is a Unicode Barrier in x5 that has to braked so that languages like yours and mine will be typed on CorelDraw. i use "fasyha thaana word processor" application named "Friend" wich enables language to be written smoothly in earlier versions but this aplication is not compatible with x5.
in Draw:
I was making a pretty basic diagram, used the star tool... I changed the colour of the fill and it crashed.
The message box just says "CorelDRAW(R) has stopped working Windows is checking for a solution to the problem..."
... no error code or anything (that may have been helpful), just about an hour of work gone.
The colour pickers are still not fixed in Draw or PP... eg. the 3D cube pickers still don't allow you to drag your mouse around to pick a colour, and the selection can go outside the cube colour area on the right side.
That would make sense... I put all the bugs I find into this thread because that was the original author's intent (I agree the thread name is maybe a bit off, but assuming the X5 Graphics Suite readers from Corel read about Draw-specific issues, I'm guessing they'll still be able to log the PP problems properly.
I just bookmark the new position of the last thread entry so I can come back to the latest comment I've read... so I know what I've seen before. I would hope that Corel workers would be doing the same thing to properly log the Draw and PP problems into excel (or whatever). It would be easy enough to sort them after... no prob.
I was also trying to not be ostentasious and start a new thread, when this one was designed for bug reports in both programs. Here's the quote from the first entry (which was unnecessarily argued with... ):
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In order to keep it all clean and easy for someone at Corel to follow, please only list issues for X5 and not turn it into a discussion out of topic."
I hope when they read the start of the thread, they'll get the idea that the comments aren't just for Draw. In my humble opinion, PP and Draw problems all need to be filed in one spot where it's easy for the Corel people to get at them. I agree completely with the unified approach the original thread creator had... just list all the bugs and let the Corel workers sort out the PP from the Draw issues... it's dead easy to do and all the information is easy to get at (instead of making them hunt through many threads?). I wouldn't mind making another thread for PP... except that this Draw thread (which I think is important) would perhaps get lost to time... and nobody from Corel would ever see it. If there was some way of making two threads and keeping them at the top of the list... that would be my first choice... this seems like the best option... it being bumped up whenever anyone has a bug (serious) problem with either Draw or PP.
I respect your guyses opinions and I definitely see what you're saying... I just think one thread for all the bugs is perhaps the best considering we want Corel to see the masses of problems and fix them.
You're completely right. It is crazy long... as blatant support for the fact that X5 as a graphics package is broken in many ways... and NEEDS to be fixed so we can all eventually enjoy the program and be able to say we got our money worth. I don't want these bugs to be forgotten to time in the masses of specific threads because if other threads are started, it takes away the emphasis from this 14 pages of reasonably well documented serious problems (most aren't just wants... they are necessary fixes). The other wants thread for sp2 is reasonable as long as it's used as a wants list and not a needs. Obviously needs outweigh wants... and if they don't, then Corel should be ashamed.
The other problem with having the wants list is that bugs get posted there... and then people might complain that the thread is mislabelled. The Corel guys aren't dummies. Giving them lots of threads to read through maybe isn't the nicest way to keep them happy... with the hopes that they'll pass on the information to their bug-fixing coders. (?)
I know the thread is named not completely correct, but the intent is there and has been mostly followed reasonably... so that's good right?
Anybody from Corel want to chime in and tell us how you want the bugs reported to you? Obviously this would be very helpful. If you want separate bugs threads... tell us... just don't forget these ones that are already documented.... Please.
... and happy Thanksgiving from Canada. Peace.
Problem with this thread is that all kind of issues are thrown under a meaningless header. I'm sure the intention was good when creating it, but no one will be able to easily track a problem and a possible solution here. These groups are for helping people with specific problems, as well as discussing things regarding the suite (and some OT subjects now and then). They are monitored by Corel but I doubt they spend time reading everything that's said, especially if it gets buried deep.I bet many of the problems mentioned here have simple solutions. If they are posted under clear headers ("Help!" or "X5 problem" are not very good) it is easy for everyone, including Corel employees, to see what the problems are and hopefully offer solutions. It is also easier for anyone with the same problem to find later.
That's why I suggest to put everything in separate threads instead.Personally I stopped following this one a long time ago.
Ronny Axelsson said:That's why I suggest to put everything in separate threads instead.Personally I stopped following this one a long time ago.
yep, new threads cost nothing, it's the best way. One huge thread is too chaotic to follow.
I guess I saw this thread as a deposit place for bugs. I actually don't think everyone should read it because the bugs don't have solutions that we can fix. It would make for really boring reading. This thread is a little conversational, but mostly it's a boring list. I thought it was mostly for the benefit of Corel as a central repository for them to get feedback on bugs.
I totally agree that if I expected help from the community that I would start a thread. That of course would be the most reasonable.
I just don't want to be some annoying guy who makes a new thread for every little tiny bug... that would be really annoying to the rest of the community who have real issues they want to talk about... eg. what's the best way to do x y z etc. At least in here, the community can just avoid it if they want to... which probably most people do anyway.
I guess I see threads as mostly for specific problems that *can be solved by us.* However, if it's just a list that's intended as a oneway communication to Corel, isn't one thread better for that? I guess I must be wrong because I haven't seen Corel employees responding to much on this thread in forever (or never?). Touchee I guess.
I'd be fine to let this thread go if I had any idea that it's contents were accounted for. I see this thread as a stain on X5, that (I think) should remain until the product is cleaned up.
Also, what should happen to all the bugs reported here? Should we let them go?... well that would have been a huge waste of time for everyone who contributed (right?). Should we assume they've been read?... or should we make new threads for each point?... that seems like work (which I'm not in favour of). If we as the community, are hoping to have sp2 fix all these bugs, shouldn't the thread's contents stay live? Looking at the sp2 "wants" thread, it hasn't received any complaints I don't think and it's also a big list? This is the same idea (except the name is a bit off... true). One ring to rule them... I mean, One thread to help Corel fix the bugs. If the list is divided, won't the specific problems easily get forgotten to time?... That seems like a bad idea... and I personally don't want to go to the trouble of splitting this thread up (work = ).
(the questions above aren't rhetorical... I want to know what you guys think).
Anyway... this thread will probably die to time anyway because I think we've all reported maybe 99% of the bugs that exist... and those who haven't found bugs maybe represent most of the users.
Davoid said:I just don't want to be some annoying guy who makes a new thread for every little tiny bug...
Davoid said:I see threads as mostly for specific problems that *can be solved by us.*
Davoid said:However, if it's just a list that's intended as a oneway communication to Corel, isn't one thread better for that?
Davoid said:I haven't seen Corel employees responding to much on this thread in forever (or never?). Touchee I guess.
Davoid said:Looking at the sp2 "wants" thread, it hasn't received any complaints I don't think and it's also a big list?