Comments on: QuarkXPress 8 On Sale—Finally http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/ The Authority for News & Opinion on the War of the Desktop Publishing Giants QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: IH http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-102008 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:11:11 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-102008 Quark is totally inferior to InDesign. Quark's ability to make a PDF is nowhere as good as InDesign. Quark also has major bug issues when trying to open older files. I have never had a single problem in InDesign. It is completely superior to Quark in EVERY way - and it is less expensive. Quark ended when OSX was launched. It was over then, and it is over now. Adobe is better. Quark makes ONE program - that is just ridiculous. Sorry guys, you did NOT stay with the times, and now you are a dinosaur. Quark is totally inferior to InDesign. Quark’s ability to make a PDF is nowhere as good as InDesign. Quark also has major bug issues when trying to open older files. I have never had a single problem in InDesign. It is completely superior to Quark in EVERY way - and it is less expensive.

Quark ended when OSX was launched. It was over then, and it is over now. Adobe is better. Quark makes ONE program - that is just ridiculous.

Sorry guys, you did NOT stay with the times, and now you are a dinosaur.

]]> by: Pricegrabber http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-98445 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:05:46 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-98445 Maybe that's why Adobe is increasing prices by 10%: http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?newsid=26156&pagtype=allchandate Maybe that’s why Adobe is increasing prices by 10%:

macworld.co.uk/procr...;pagtype=allchandate

]]> by: Skyline http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-97106 Mon, 04 May 2009 01:56:02 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-97106 Quark can be "on sale" forever. I wouldn't put it on our system if it was free. Had enough buggy versions of Quark to know better. Can't remember the last time someone tried to hand off a native Quark file to us. Had to be years ago. Today we get PDFs no matter the authoring app. No need to upgrade to Quark 8. InDesign provides a superior experience for content creation. Quark can be “on sale” forever. I wouldn’t put it on our system if it was free. Had enough buggy versions of Quark to know better.

Can’t remember the last time someone tried to hand off a native Quark file to us. Had to be years ago. Today we get PDFs no matter the authoring app.

No need to upgrade to Quark 8. InDesign provides a superior experience for content creation.

]]> by: mike http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-69642 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:07:43 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-69642 On sale? Really? But who cares? On sale? Really? But who cares?

]]> by: Jus http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-64345 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:57:42 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-64345 QUARK is ALIVE and well QUARK is ALIVE and well

]]> by: sambo http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-61682 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:10:21 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-61682 QUARK is DEAD! QUARK is DEAD!

]]> by: Keshav Singh http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59188 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:29:51 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59188 It can probably be concluded now that XPress has now has evolved out of its mid eighties moorings and its internals as well as features are now matuirng and stabilising. The competition with Indesign shall now be closer and legacy shall now be safe. It would have made Hannes, ex director Quark, a satisfied person as he had to steer, guide and moderate when the ship was in the choppy seas and he was required to lead radically new and ever changing company structures. It sure makes me very happy. It can probably be concluded now that XPress has now has evolved out of its mid eighties moorings and its internals as well as features are now matuirng and stabilising. The competition with Indesign shall now be closer and legacy shall now be safe. It would have made Hannes, ex director Quark, a satisfied person as he had to steer, guide and moderate when the ship was in the choppy seas and he was required to lead radically new and ever changing company structures. It sure makes me very happy.

]]> by: Steve http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59042 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:25:32 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59042 Snow Leopard, Windows 7, CS4, c'mon, Pariah, hyping is something else. I would see this as non-hyping. With 7 Quark hyped. Adobe, Apple, Microsoft hype. With 8 Quark was modest and delivering. The world is different, this is not Quark 4, 5 or 6 anymore, wake up! Admit that Quark has changed or that you have a vested interest in Adobe. Snow Leopard, Windows 7, CS4, c’mon, Pariah, hyping is something else.

I would see this as non-hyping. With 7 Quark hyped. Adobe, Apple, Microsoft hype.

With 8 Quark was modest and delivering.

The world is different, this is not Quark 4, 5 or 6 anymore, wake up! Admit that Quark has changed or that you have a vested interest in Adobe.

]]> by: Simon the great http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59015 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:11:53 +0000 http://quarkvsindesign.com/articles/a1/news/2008/quarkxpress-8-on-sale-finally/#comment-59015 "Months of hyping", ""Quark-friendly writers"? Come on Pariah, you're showing your true colours and favouritism for InDesign now. As far as I can see it was announced on May 29 and shipped 64 days later. Hardly "months of hyping" when you consider Quark was talking about Xpress 7 18 months before it shipped. I also doubt some of the major trade publications like the idea of their integrity being called into question.They actually have to be balanced in their reporting because they're real journalists. “Months of hyping”, “”Quark-friendly writers”? Come on Pariah, you’re showing your true colours and favouritism for InDesign now. As far as I can see it was announced on May 29 and shipped 64 days later. Hardly “months of hyping” when you consider Quark was talking about Xpress 7 18 months before it shipped. I also doubt some of the major trade publications like the idea of their integrity being called into question.They actually have to be balanced in their reporting because they’re real journalists.

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