At last, we now can set the color/contrast of the desktop and not be so blinded by the abundance of white.....
Thank you, Corel, for this nice gift.
MikeWe said: Trust me...if the premium subscription is even modestly successful, I can see Corel moving to an Adobe-type subscription in the future. It does stabilize cash-flow I suspect...in adobe's case, it is down.
Trust me...if the premium subscription is even modestly successful, I can see Corel moving to an Adobe-type subscription in the future. It does stabilize cash-flow I suspect...in adobe's case, it is down.
Are you really surprised it's down? When Adobe moved to the subscription model I simply stopped updating. A lot of us did. They send me snail mail periodically with "special pricing" (that isn't really) but so far everything I really need is in CS6. And to be honest, it hasn't hurt as much as I thought it would. To this point it hasn't hurt at all. Oopsie.
So I'd hate to see Corel fall into that trap. Features (and stability) are what sell me on new releases. I'm ok with the white screen, I'm more annoyed with the pettiness of making it a premium option.
Silver...
Not surprised at all. I stayed with CS6 and prior (still have customers on ID CS4 through 5.5). If I ever get a customer using CC Whatever, then I'll rent it for the duration of the job. I still haven't gotten a job from existing nor new clients using CC. Same with QXP. Most all of them are supplying me with version 8, 9 and just yesterday I got a couple version 10 files.
Corporate clients/customers tend to stick with older versions of software. The ol' tried and true thing. Especially if they have any custom additions, scripts, etc., added to their work-flow.
But let's face it. Neither Adobe's nor Corel's (nor just about any company's) software has at its main customer the professional user. It really is about the "consumer." This is what has made Adobe as successful in this venture as they are. People can now "afford" to rent it. I've seen it in the change of tune of forum posts. Where there use to be a higher mix of questions from professionals that otherwise know what they are doing, the larger number of posts are newbies to ID, AI, etc., who don't even know how to set up a page, how to print, and in one post, how to save their work. Really? Yep.
Anyway, I am generally cynical when it comes to companies and the future of actually developing efficient, functional software. By and large it is inefficient bloat-ware and only getting worse for the push-button crowd. Lowest common denominator and all that.
Best regards, Mike
Mike, thank you for the desktop color trick.
You're welcome, Sign...
Mike
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