Comments on: Comparing X-Ray and InDesign Magazine

by: marco

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:43:22 +0000

Thanks forthe prices mr. Pariah! Have to agree with our Iranian friend. I’m over in Europe. To download a magazine is easier. About that arabian InDesign: To bad I can’t past Arabic from Word. InDesign reverses the letters. Arabic is right to left. So is Arabic in Word. When pasting this text in InDesign, the program pastes eveything from left to right. So it actualy pastes the text backwards! The only solution is buying InDesign Middle East. To bad.

by: mihan

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:01:51 +0000

I am in Iran other side of the world and I subscribe Indesign mag because it is downloadeable. xray subscribyion with post servise doesn’t worse.
indesign Middleeaste version (winsoft.fr) is very capeable in this area and quark doesn”t any Me version.

by: Jim Oblak

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:44:13 +0000

Curiosity: what qualifies as a cheap stab?

by: Jim Oblak

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:42:48 +0000

No one is hunting for flaws in any one application or magazine. If an application or magazine has flaws, they are self evident. It is useful information to all designers to know the features and faults of an application or a magazine about that application.

If you have a dispute with these self evident flaws, contact the software or magazine publisher to have them corrected.

by: addy

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:19:00 +0000

Well said Gary!!!
I think this site is owned by Adobe :) When we guys seeing some really cool reviews about XPress 7.0, these guys just spending time in finding flaws in every thing Quark does.
I am expecting another cheap reply from the editor…..
:).Waiting 4 your sweet reply.

by: gary lindberg

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:10:19 +0000

I agree with your take on the biases for xray and the indesign mag, however, i have been at many forums and presentsations where adobe and indesign fanatics take cheap stabs at quark, including your site. so, why cry foul?
all i care is that the creative space is kept competitive, and competition breeds innovation. calling a spade what it is, aint bad at all.

by: Jeff

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:55:13 +0000

Great editorial, Jeremy. You’ve really hit the nail on the head as far as the differences in these publications. Well done.

by: Pariah S. Burke

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:19:26 +0000

Hi, Marco.

X-Ray’s subscription rates, which vary by country, are here. For a 1-year/6-issue print subscription to U.S. addresses, it’s currently listed as $47.76. You also get a spiffy t-shirt emblazoned with the X-Ray logo on black.

by: marco

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:42:50 +0000

Loved the article and downloaded the InDesign PDF.
But what about prices? ID mag costs $ 69 for two years. But what about X-Ray? I kinda get lost in their website. (off topic: Was it maded with Quark’s InMedia or what? Does anyone actually use that?)