I have problem with corel Drawx5 and corel PHOTO-PAINT x5. I had upgraded to windows 10 and now menu bar is white with white text. I can see menu positions only when I hover them witch cursor. Problem is only with main menu, when i open it all sub-menu items appear correctly.
MaureenT said:I have to disagree with you on this. I think you are misunderstanding why this is happening. Corel X5 was designed to have a black menu bar with white text, but Windows 10 is overriding the black menu bar background and replacing it with the same white that's now being used for the title bars. This is not Corel's fault; it's the fault of Microsoft ramming down our throats the changes that they decide to make without giving users the option of changing them. ...
And I think you are misunderstanding what is happening.
At best, it is the fault of both Corel and MS. But I believe the fault lies entirely upon Corel's shoulders due to the non-standard way they created that menu bar strip--and other UI features--in Corel products.
If Corel used standard UI coding and spent the time on actually improving the products and fixing past bugs, none of this would be an issue.
MikeWe said:If Corel used standard UI coding and spent the time on actually improving the products and fixing past bugs, none of this would be an issue
So what! I didn't see any documents saying the CorelDraw X5 would support future operating systems.
Happens to me all the time, well here comes a new MAC OS, sorry the $2,500 RIP will need to be replaced. So who's the idiot if I replace the OS?
David Milisock said:So what! I didn't see any documents saying the CorelDraw X5 would support future operating systems...
Simply a UI is less likely to make an application less useful when coded for future maintainability. It also leaves more time to do more important stuff.
If you don't get that, or don't care, that's fine for you. It does matter to these people with this issue. And I would reckon there are still more than a few installations of X5 and X6 floating around that would otherwise work.
Here's an easier solution don't upgrade to Windows 10. Another solution upgrade to X7.
David Milisock said:Here's an easier solution don't upgrade to Windows 10. Another solution upgrade to X7.
I only have X7 installed anymore myself, ya seemingly uncaring twit.
I do empathize with people who have X5 or X6 installed and upgrade, though. If I were in that situation I would either tweak the theme or simply roll back to the previous OS.
My point is just that if Corel used standard practices it wouldn't be a choice one would have to make. Their choices affected people clear to the 5th patch as regarding redoing how CD reads fonts for crying out loud. And it still isn't really fixed. Rather than putting lipstick on a pig, they should fix crap and enhance current capabilities then add truly new ones.
You can stick up for the poor choices Corel makes all you want. But you would be one of the first to decry them if they affected your ability to make money. Which, of course, would be hypocrisy in action.
MikeWe said: ya seemingly uncaring twit
I am not a seemingly uncaring twit! I am an uncaring twit!
Some actions should be painful, I run X7 on 2 Win 10 systems and 1 Win 7 pro which has software that may not upgrade. If you run X5 do not upgrade until proven safe. Don't blame Microsoft of Corel.
David Milisock said: Here's an easier solution don't upgrade to Windows 10. Another solution upgrade to X7.
If they can’t afford the $100.00 a year to keep Draw current, or have compelling business reasons as applications will not work then DON’T upgrade anything, including the OS.Unbelievable that there are 43 replies to such a trivial problem, dam there is a work around.Moreover, I’m sure there will be additional tools provided on feature releases of win10, or at the very lease you will see more themes by Microsoft or third parties.If I had to spend this much time trying to get x5 to run on win10, I would change my career.