MACSOLU  Direct Download link (registration required):

http://downloads.quark.com/Details.aspx?fid=146&&mid=2  
(Version 8.12)

STARFISH  RIP QXP  
(Version 8.1)

MACMUSER  Probably the best release of QXP since version 5 running in Classic on OSX. The new interface shows how clunky Adobe's has become and the tools are in many respects better than inDesign's. But best of all, QXP8 is fast. Huge files open almost instantly, the annoying buglets of QXP 7 have been fixed (no autosave bloat). Quark's helplines are excellent.

Anyone using inDesign really must look at QXP to see what they are missing (I use both so have no axe to grind). The 60-day full version try-out is free.

Anyone using QXP6 needs their heads examining. Why on earth don't you upgrade to get superior typesetting and on-screen display, better tools, transparency, page and box baseline grids, faster working… you might as well be back using QXP 3 or 4 in comparison with version 8.

There are a few rough areas waiting for attention: the book pallet needs redesigning, grids are a little clunky to set up, in-line graphics can become unstable (but still far better than inDesign's) but given the choice between working in QXP8 or inDesign, it's QXP every time.  
(Version 8.01)

DLWHITE  As yet, Quark 8 has no font auto-activation.

And Extensis/Suitcase Fusion has no plans to provide a free plug in to make this happen.

If you want to auto-activate fonts in Quark 8, you'll have to pony up the fees for Suitcase Fusion 2, and there's not even a release date for that software yet.

Unconscionable behavior by all parties.

Quark 8 has been out for months. And although Quark has a long history of sketchy customer service, this must be a new low for Extensis.

Is there another professional font manager that supplies font auto-activation with Quark 8?  
(Version 8.01)

JAMUS  Ok, after the 8.01 "update", here is how it breaks down for me:

1. Deducting points for no autoupdater or incremental updates.

2. Deducting MAJOR points for requiring me to create a login with Quark just to download an update to fix bugs/problems in your own software. Attention all companies: please stop doing this! A demo sure, a free XTension sure, but an update? No way. Enjoy that fake login profile now sitting in your database.

3. Adding points for no apparent problems with the install of the update.

4. Deducting points from still relying on a license server for unified volume licenses AND a serial number AND a validation code (thanks for tying up server hardware for that by the way).

5. Adding several points for trying to update the UI some.

6. Deducting points for STILL having quirky PDF exports.

7. Deducting points for almost 1.5GB install. B-L-O-A-T.

Two stars is the best you are getting out of me for this one Quark. You are trying to do better, and I appreciate it, but you just keep missing the target. If this keeps up, 8.x is the last time you will get a purchase from me.  
(Version 8.01)

VICLEN  Do we really care whether someone has "moved 4 production departments to InDesign" or has some other axe to grind? Nope.

Why won't anyone download the 60-day trial, work with it and then post a review? Why live in the past? Judge QuarkXPress 8 on its merits.

I've been using it for three weeks or so. In that time there have been no crashes or unexpected quits - not that I get many problems with v7.

On a dual-processor G5 running Mac OS X 10.4, the screen redraws are much faster than with v7 - my productivity is definitely up irrespective of the new user interface. Being able to just draw a text box and instantly type into it is a no-brainer - should have been there years ago. And no, Adobe didn't 'invent' this for InDesign as it was a standard feature in PageMaker when I used it back in the early 90s.

The new user interface has allowed me to speed up quite considerably courtesy of instant object rotation, live preview of changes, Adobe-style bezier tools and the easy-to-use measurements palette.

Dragging text and graphics to or from any drag-&-drop-enabled app is also a useful addition, probably more so than some others such as being able to use grids on individual text boxes. But the new hanging characters feature and vertical alignment have their place in day-to-day work. It's also nice to see an end to language problems with QXP handling 30+ languages as standard.

Being able to import Illustrator files as well as Photoshop ones has useful and having Flash creation/exporting as standard makes QXP 8 an all-in-one for design: paper, web and presentation.

Yes, I use InDesign too but given the option I'd rather work in QXP and v8 has enough going for it to convince me to upgrade.

Vic Lennard

Cover disc editor, Macworld UK magazine  
(Version 8.0)

PHOTEK  the pricing structure alone is enough to make me NEVER want to use Quark again...

£799 in the UK...??? You can almost buy Adobe CS Standard for that (InDesign, Photoshop, illustrator, Acrobat)

£1068 for West Europe..??? WTF?... What do they have to pay more than me?

$799... in the US..??? Thats just an insult to the rest of the world..... thats the equivalent of £399!!! How do they ship the SAME version of Quark 8 to the UK? Via Mars????

I have moved 4 production departments to InDesign... and Quark are giving me NO reason to turn back. And if I said what I really felt about Quark I would be banned for using offensive language.  
(Version 8.0)

SEMIOTICMONKEY  Well, i don't know you but i'm downloading right now the trial to see what's changed cause the comments below are the same old adagio about Quark out of biz yada yada and nothing to do with the version 8.0.

Have you tried this before comment on it?

It works? It is better than 7.0? And so on. The preferred DTP sport, Quark bashing, is now too old.

Judging by on line reviews and from the version changes it seem it is now offering a bunch of good features.

All i can honestly say, without tried it out, is about its price. Here in Europe it costs 1.300 euros VAT excluded and it is way too much (WTF about Adobe and Quark charging so much we europeans? Protectionism at its worse).

Just for clarity but we are still waiting proper fixes from Adobe for the silly bloated Indesign so stop to glorify it cause it have its flood of faults and quirks not fixed and waiting in line for the next CS4. After that, we will be waiting for the CS5 and so on and on.   
(Version 8.0)

DONMONTALVO  Quark (the company) is on a downward spiral. Over the past few years I have tried in vain to communicate necessary fixes/changes to Quark's development team. Long standing bugs have NOT been fixed. Long standing requests (such as *.plist based preferences which would allow central management via WGM Manifest Editor, ssh defaults push, etc.) which would have put QuarkXPress on par with other PROPERLY WRITTEN applications were ignored.

Quark (the company) has changed hands several times in the past few years. Each change of management brought with it new waves of marketing hype - which in the end turned out to be the same business as usual path.

My colleagues who manage the largest graphics, design, and production environments, including many of the top Fortune100 companies who have internal Mac shops, have been actively migrating to InDesign (which they ALREADY OWN as part of the base Adobe Creative Suite bundle).

I had hoped Quark (the company) would listen, if only to keep QuarkXPress afloat. I loathe companies that rest on their laurels. All that is left of Quark (the company) is a company in trouble pouring money into Marketing, and lacking proper management who can turn things around.

My biggest disappointment is that without QuarkXPress alive and kicking, then Adobe InDesign will not have the competition it needs to keep forging ahead with new ideas while responsibly maintaining the fast, stable and usable interface it has.

Tim Gill should buy Quark (the company) again, if only to preserve the competitive environment.

Don Montalvo, NYC  
(Version 8.0)

KONG  Surprise, surprise: instead of working out QXP's 7.31 longtime standing bugs running under Leopard OS X 10.5 they come up with a newer version of the app, . The german passport version does not allow file names (or the folders they are saved in) to contain "special characters" such as underscores or german language "Umlauts" (ä,ö etc.) The files become corrupted while being auto saved or placed in a auto-created folder with the Umlaut replaced by some other signs. No problem if I create new files but I got a gazillion files that I need to check the names of before I can dare and open them in QXP 7. Customer support says they are is well aware of the problem (have been for months, that is) and will request one – in all earnest – to go back to using QXP 6.5. The guy found it all funny (he repeatedly laughed out while talking about the issue to me) that I didn't like to hear what "support" he had to offer (they might or might not have a solution in the next couple of months)!!! So you shed a bucket of bucks for a faulty application, get no hint of help when you need it and instead of a bugfix you have to pay more money for another upgrade. The app is way clumsier to handle than InDesign and uses forever when saving large files. In addition to that files tend to get bigger and bigger (and I mean huge: a 20 page A5 brochure gets blown up to 600mb) after a couple of savings. "Saving as" can reduce the size but then the game starts all over. Exporting to PDF adds dozens of extra gibberish characters that too often have to be manually removed from the file's name in the finder because the export dialog won't let you do it properly or in reasonable time. Don't worry, be happy: get InDesign!  
(Version 8.0)

MACUPDATE ADMIN  7.31 has been pulled off the Quark website.

The download errors you will get if you attempt to download this updater (and you will fail in your attempts) are possibly related to the removal of this software.

Rumor has it that there will be a new 7.31 updated posted within a few days.  
(Version 7.31)

JAMUS  Would it actually kill them to not force you to fill out a "please spam me" form just to get an updater to fix their bugs?

A free new tool or something similar and I could understand the extra hassle, but for an update? COME ON!  
(Version 7.31)

REVCO  I'm glad Quark is pushing ahead with XPress. The updaters are always welcome. Thanks.

I've never been really taken by InDesign. It's always had a "PageMaker" feel to it. Didn't like it then, don't like it now. I hear others are happy with it though. Good for them.  
(Version 7.3)

YOXI  Installed 7.3 update, repaired permissions, now Quark qon't start up at all, I don't even get one bounce in the dock.  
(Version 7.3)

MINER  I am so happy it supports Vista.....  
(Version 7.3)

DONMONTALVO  still no pref to designate temp/cache directory. the more things change, the more things stay the same. too bad, quarkxpress could be serious competition to indesign if the company found the will to shake down their development department so they can implement necessary changes without "breaking" compatibility for customer workflows.

ps, gotta love quark.com's claim "used by more companies - period". :)

don montalvo, nyc  
(Version 7.2)

FVDG  Who cares...

Give me CS3!  
(Version 7.2)

D9  Well, we gave it a shot but it still is a lousy program. Due to preexisting projects in QXP, we made the upgrade to version 7. Although we have InDesign and use it as standard when time and budget allow, Quark remains the standard on several other client-dictated layouts.

First, it is incredibly SLOW! On an initial startup, it takes a minute+ to load plus any other time needed for the particular layout. Subsequent launches are at least 20 seconds.

Printing continues to be a problem from plate separations to PostScript stability. We continue to get color shifts upon delivering to print houses. Image trapping and masks continue to be hit or miss, often missing (eg - white boxes around pictures that contain image masks).

The changes in interface elements and keystrokes is bothersome, too. It now is harder to find the controls to adjust image resolution.

Finally, there is just a sense that nothing has really been added or improved upon 7 to justify a major version upgrade. Gosh knows, it certainly isn't the Universal Binary... this version is as slow if not slower than earlier. QXP 4 opens in less than half the time on a G4 than on my MacBook Pro.

I'm disappointed, Quark; I gave it a great shot, but I agree w/ others. InDesign is the best solution for desktop publishing.  
(Version 7.1)

DONMONTALVO  macmuser wrote:

> QuarkXPress is still the most

> problematic application we have

> and it has been so since 1989.

> Considering a lot of the legacy

> code is still inside it is no

> wonder.

quark (the company) is the mcdonalds of the publishing industry. once you start eating there, you get fat and lazy and unreceptive to advice to change your eating habits.

indesign is a far superior product. the issue is legacy work. enough of it to scare some companies from changing over.

don  
(Version 7.1)

JOHN JONES  Hasn't Adobe bought these guys out yet and buried QXP, Macromedia-style? Seriously, I work in prepress and the only good reason to continue having QXP around is so Adobe doesn't rest on it's laurels with InDesign and have no competition in the page-layout realm.  
(Version 7.1)

PIXELJUNKEY  Not much to add. The magazines we work with insisted on not moving to ID but Quark 7 and are now regretting it... AGAIN. Unstable, few compelling new features. Same crap different version basically.

PSA: design houses, publications, print houses.... PLEASE... if you haven't migrated your operations to InDesign/ InCopy. DO IT. What little pain you might feel in the transition will more than be made up for with happier clients and more efficient operations in the long run.

InDesign is the future of desktop layout and publishing. You can choose to work against the tide and continue diddling around all the problems Quark causes, or you can make the move and go forward.  
(Version 7.1)

TWELVEIGHTYONE  Do people still use this POS software? Please, if you want to progress in the world of DTP, do yourself a favour and switch to InDesign.

Quark 7, as with versions 3, 4, 5 & 6 is completely rubbish and hinders your productivity.  
(Version 7.1)

MACMUSER  Had so many problems with 7.02 moved back to 7.0. Not interested in the weak animation tools anyway.

QuarkXPress is still the most problematic application we have and it has been so since 1989. Considering a lot of the legacy code is still inside it is no wonder.

For the most part, given the choice we use inDesign instead of XPress and luckily our clients are following suit as they too "see the light". I just cannot imagine why some XPress users are so happy. It is a buggy, old fashioned, limited piece of not-quite MacOSX software (no Services access). I shall be pleased when I do the last job ever in QuarkXPress.  
(Version 7.1)

KRAIZED  Might be UB, but Quark 7.1 is still slow as fcuk and I'm still getting the scrollbar graphics glitches, screen redraw problems.

On an iMac CD, 2GB RAM. :(  
(Version 7.1)

CREAVIL  The only positive thing about Quark 7 is the fact that it is a Universal binary. Now Quark can finaly beat Adobe Indesign CS2 on one thing ... speed. I would definitely wait for Adobe Indesign CS3!  
(Version 7.1)

HARRISTYPE  Version 7.0.2 fixes our last remaining issues. This is a good update, and thank you for the Universal Binary. I especially like the ability of creating a gradient blend of 2 different colors where only one of the colors has transparency,

Still easier and faster to use than InDesign CS2 which I can now dump off of our computers.  
(Version 7.0.2)

ROSSIV  I love quark and indesign. That's all.  
(Version 7.0.2)

ORION MK. V  Holy crap... what crap. If this is the best Quark can do after years of failing to give us something better than version 4.x I'm done. I wish we had someone other than Adobe and Quark as a viable "high end" print and layout option.  
(Version 7.0.2)

TYNS  There should be a new classification of software license called "GARBAGE-WARE". And Quark should be the first company to release under this license.

I won't even begin to list the nightmares this company has given me.

My recent frustration with 6.5 yielded me to write a very insulting letter to Quarks technical support department (something I am sure they receive a lot of).

To Quarks credit, a customer service rep called me within the hour.

All solutions presented to me failed and I continue to experience violent (NON-STOP) Crashing witht he application. This is to the point of un-usability.

Avoid this application if you value your sanity and time.  
(Version 7.01b2)

HAL2007  Same as usual from Quark. Frequently crashes for no reason. Or is it wrong to move my palettes around the screen, as this causes Quark to crash? Puts then up a nasty bug report dialogue and places the last saved document in a "rescue" folder, while the old unaltered document stays where it was? Confusing, unreliable and uninspired. InDesign CS2 is still LIGHTYEARS ahead. Avoid at all cost.  
(Version 7.0)

MACERICG  Be careful of Quark. They still have a lot to prove to us users who were shat upon after they stomped-out Pagemaker but before InDesign landed.

XPress 4 was released loaded with bugs. XPress 5 came out with loyalty to the Windows platform and an absence for OS X support. XPress 6 brought with it only OS X compatibility with no new features at the cost of an upgrade -- while companies like Adobe were bundling OSX and Classic software together at no additional cost. Now XPress 7 has landed and Quark has dissolved all InDesign plug-ins from ALAP.

I've owned XPress since version 3. Quark is a stubborn, narcissistic company who neither remembers their customers or the platform that put them on the map until their cash flow is in jeopardy.  
(Version 7.0)

LARRYHART  According to AppleInsider.com the Macintosh version of the software is not a Universal Binary.

According to a source familiar with Quark's product plans, a patch that will be released in August will update the shipping versions of QuarkXPress 7 to a Universal Binary.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1764  
(Version 7.0)

TONY AGUILA  I logged into their online store and the update choices are either WIN or PMAC. Does this mean the current version is not Universal Binary? I am testing the beta version now and it is indeed Universal Binary but "PMAC" makes me suspect that the shipping copy is not (yet). If it really is UB, then Quark has a great headstart on Adobe which won't have the UB version of InDesign for another half year or so. The last beta version, by the way, is very stable.

They also need to improve the online store interface. The email address they have on record for me is incorrect but I can't find any way of correcting it.   
(Version 7.0)

ROSSIV  Nice to see these two giants (Adobe and Quark) collide when it comes to desktop publishing. Well, I use both— InDesign CS2 and Quark 6.5. Each has strength and weaknesses. This is a healthy competition and the winner is the user. And I don’t like one company monopolizes DTP; look the end result of Macromedia.

Quarkxpress 7 is a big change from version 6.5  
(Version 7.0b)

MUDFLAPPER  Unlike some posters here, I think I'm going to try 7 before I bash the hell out of it.

Having said that, yeah, 6 has some inexcusable bugs. InDesign is very good, but it's not as easy to use or intuitive as Quark and it's nowhere near as fast. (Maybe CS2 is quicker?)

Quark 7 is the last chance I'm giving them. If they can't get it right 5 years into OSX I'll have no choice but to switch to InDesign.  
(Version 7.0b)

LUKEMYSSE  is this program still around? I went to their booth at Mac World 06 and they were only demoing 6.5. How can get people excited about working in 7 when you don't even have it on display? basically when I had to run classic for 8 months just so I could run quark they were out. InDesign is so much better its not even funny.  
(Version 7.0b)

PHATCACTUS  This is embarrassing. There's even a whole palette dedicated to drop shadows.

Are they serious?  
(Version 7.0b)

MARAUNDI  and what's with releasing a beta of v7?

haven't we all done enough beta testing with v6 already?  
(Version 7.0b)

MARAUNDI  "More than any other tool, publishers trust QuarkXPress to help them achieve higher levels of productivity and deliver real results, every time."

well, it's not so much 'trust' as the money i have invested in extensions that has caused me to stay with quark for all these years, however with quark's slow (if not absent) attitude to fixing very annoying bugs in the v6 releases and its insistance of going the web way i am now so frustrated that when i upgraded to os10.4, i also bought a copy of the other guys' creative suite ... and i like what i see

don't get me wrong, this is not meant to be a quark bash (after all i have stuck with them through good, bad and badder) ... just MHO  
(Version 7.0b)

PAKK99  There is still far too heavy an emphasis on unified workflow solutions, which is great for newpapers. Unfortunately, the technology has proven to be pretty much useless for most of the rest of the communications field. Quarl is catering to information system specialists, and ignoring designers. As of right now, InDesign is the top page layout program.  
(Version 7.0b)

SCHMELDING  D.O.A.

Too little. Too late. Too bad.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Exerpt of an E-Mail from Quark:

"As you can see from this e-mail message, we’ve re-designed our logo..."

Thank god for that. The logo is EXACTLY what was wrong with the software. Its about time they fixed it.  
(Version 6.5)

SIXTY K  "However, if I found that my crashes are caused by other reasons, such as corrupted fonts, or other issues, I may try to stick with Quark."

Just because Quark says a font is corrupted, does not necessarily mean it is corrupted. That's one of my chief complaints in this version.  
(Version 6.5)

STANDARD PRINTING  ...because I'm tired of "can't find required volume or folder"

...because sometimes the files disappear altogether

...because Helvetica Neue does not come up corrupted in any other program

...because the only chance (a small chance at that) of a fix is to BUY Quark 7 when it comes out

Now I do 95% of my prepress work in InDesign.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Quark says Xpress is compatible with Tiger -- NOT! Try opening a complex document in Quark under OS 10.4. It takes forever. Quark better get on the ball pretty soon.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  (give valid reasons to backup your claims)

I've been using Quark 6.1 for a fair amount of time. Mainly because of my temptation to switch entirely to OSX. Throughout this whole transformation, I've experienced many crashes with XPress 6.1. Most of the time it crashed when I tried to export to PDF, or working with files over the network (supporting images). All adds up, and I am still back in OS 9, from the problematic Quark 6.1.

I have never tried InDesign extensively, and still not sure if I should make the switch. I've switched from Pagemaker 10 years ago to Quark 3. Now Quark is giving me some doubts due to its stability.

However, if I found that my crashes are caused by other reasons, such as corrupted fonts, or other issues, I may try to stick with Quark. Again, this has to be explained why it always crashed when working over the network.

I hate to give it any stars... just some feedback.  
(Version 6.5)

MARKMAN  I really could go on for hours about what I now find wrong with Quark.  
(Version 6.5)

PRESSS KID  We produce 2 magazines with a combined circulation of 34k every month and we have both Quark 6 and 4 and Indesign Cs too. Everyone on the design team uses CS because it is stable, has good features, pdf'ing is a breeze and has all the tools quark lacks. The only time Quark gets used is to open adverts from clients that are 'quark specific'. Next to Indesign,quark just looks like it ha been made from lego, and it pains me to say that because i was Quarks number one fan for so many years, but I suppose we don't have dinosaurs for the very same reason...... evolution  
(Version 6.5)

JOE PYRDEK  I have just installed a 6.5 update on several lab systems. Tomorrow I will be removing it and going back reload 6.0 and updating to 6.1. WHY???

Running MAC 10.7 and Quark License Administrator 3.2 and I can not even get the program to start unless you are an Administrator level user. Using Manged Mobile users (verified against an external users Active Directory) results in a program crashing out with an "Unexpected Error" (Does this mean Quark actually expects other errors to crash out too???) after the license server "aproves" the use but before the Express can even open.

I even created a local user with standard privliges (figuring it might have something to do with the Active Directory setup) and the same crash occured. Changing this user to Administrator level still has the same crash occuring. The only users who can actually open the program are Administrative users, obviously not an option for a student use lab! Incidentely, the standard user had "no Limits" set in the optional program use restrictions. I had also tried giving full read/write permissions to all users for the entire Quark folder and all sub-folders and files. Problem did not change. My best guess says there is some setting in one or more preference files that simply does not work with 6.5, QLA 3.2 and 10.3.7 combinations unless you are, have always been and remain forever an administrative levlel user.

Since these systems may have 15 or 20 different users in a semester I need to have a reliable system which is not subject to throwing these problems into the system.  
(Version 6.5)

I_HEART_QUARK  QuarkXpress is my lord and saving soul!!! Oh my what a godsend this program has been to me throughout the years.

First off, it's a very easy program to exit out of - no need to hit command+Q to do that....just try to open up a new palette or try to export a file to an EPS or PDF and *POOF* the program just quits all by itself! Now how simple is that?!

Second, it has helped many companies spend extra money to force people to work extra hours who are merely trying to figure out why even the most basic PPD's for even HP and Xerox printers cannot play along nicely with Quark. Why send your workers off to India when you can keep em here trying to figure out how to print a simple 8.5x11 document?

Third, I always wanted to run a program designed to operate on a Quadra running on System 7.1 on a G5- I mean you really wouldn't want to waste more than 4 megs of RAM on a program you use very often when you only have 512 megs or more, would you?

Fourth, who cares about evolution? Why use a program that changes all the time? At least QuarkXpress has not changed much at all since about 1990 or so. I don't like using programs that have additional features, I'd rather spend more frustrating hours having my program crash then setting aside extra time to learn the annoying and probably useless transparency fx, table generation, and even XML capabilities that watered down programs such as InDesign have.

For almost the price of a new computer or one weeks spring break in cancun (complete with unlimited jello shots) why choose anything else? You can count me in Quark!!!  
(Version 6.5)

EDSKI  Quark=arrogance. I can't believe a 155MB download to fix numerous problems from the first two versions.

To make matters worse, replacing a dying G4, I used the Firewire mode to transfer user to new G5...QuarkXpress declared that 6.1 was "tampered" with and required validation. (not a problem but the arrogance, especially when its a $800 program...not even Adobe CS suite complained...)

I would recommend InDesign if it were not for needing to convert/open/recreate older Quark jobs..  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  BTW the below review was after MacExpo in London.  
(Version 6.5)

JOHN LEWIS  After talking to a Quark employee and getting a demo of this software I was quite impressed. However I have installed the update and it seems they haven't given Joe Public the same version...The new picture features...yeah great...but the sliders dont move the values, they just stay at 0! you have to manually type them in and guess what the max value is. Also I was amazed to find no option to save out your images with the applied effects at the downsave to v.5 stage! Yes it gives you a warning but thats it. Then when you open in 5 it says 'vistas is missing' then gives you all your original unedited pictures. Funny, I could have sworn the Quark bloke told me you *could* do that. Wish I had it in writing. My suggestion is to upgrade to V6.5 if you want old features like the tree to your images in the 'edit original' window BUT DISABLE the VISTAS XTENSION - its only there to keep up with the Jones's (Adobe's). Not having the same problems with collect for output though. Have you repaired permissions?  
(Version 6.5)

TODD   Quark 6.5 problems: Since upgrading yesterday, I can't collect for out without the program crashing. I have to collect the layout first, reopen it and collect the fonts and images. Anyone else having this problem? It's happening on my G5 and my co-worker's G4. Both worked fine before the upgrade. Anyone else having these issues? e-mail me, please!  
(Version 6.5)

BARRY F  Quark 6.1 was slow and unreliable, 6.5 is worse. Pictures take longer to update, highlighted text stays highlighted even when unchecked, update image doesn't open files in Photoshop. No speed improvement AT ALL! There seems to be no new features really except that you can update Levels, Brightness etc of images, but whats the point if you use Photoshop! USELESS!  
(Version 6.5)

ALICE C.  Have been using Quark for 10 years; generally okay--until v5, of course. We just moved up to OSX because we couldn't delay any longer, and hedged our bets by getting InDesign as well as Q6. Have not tried the former yet because have several projects that necessitate continuing in Quark. It's been a week, and I've lost maybe 20 hours of time trying to make this program work. It crashes constantly (can get it back up only by deleting its preferences file). Once up, it works up to several hours--as long as certain fonts are not used.... unfortunately, these unfavored fonts include Adobe Garamond and Futura, among other necessaries! No explanation for this anywhere that I can find. The "support" person at Quark suggested deleting the preferences file, saying it was a one-time problem because we did an immediate upgrade from 6.1 to 6.5. NOT!! Have posted a message about this on the Quark bulletin board, and have also emailed Quark's "support" about this. Two total strangers so far have tried to help, but the parent of this "baby" has yet to respond. If ever there was an example of a company that's lost its way, it's Quark. They pay far more attention to whether someone might attempt to make an unauthorized copy of this ridiculous software than they do to make sure it's even marketable. And they fail to support what they sell--inexcusable considering the price! Very disappointing.  
(Version 6.5)

A NONY MOUSE  Slightly better than 6.1 and slightly faster too, but still crashes a lot. The baseline shift key combo is still mapped wrong to the wrong key... that's simply ridiculous! PSD-Import-XT is not included, so what gives?

I would never touch this malicious app again if my customers would be brave enough to switch to InDesign...  
(Version 6.5)

MACGURUGUY  Remember to check your third party extensions to see if they are causing conflicts. I have noticed that several DO cause problems in Quark 6.5, and need to be updated to work properly. Don't be so quick to blame Quark until you're sure that nothing else is interfering with the program. I installed Quark 6.5 at work yesterday, and now have it working without the problems listed here.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Update still has not helped with the printing issues we have had since we started to use v6, tech support were unable to help and eventually stopped replying to me a few months ago. Quark, if your listening you have a good product but it needs bit more time in development before you throw it out at the masses who pay (a lot) for it.  
(Version 6.5)

CHRIS  Just downloaded and installed Quark 6.5 on my machine (before a total department roll-out).

So far since installing and re-starting my machine, Qaurk 6.5 has crashed everytime I open a document and try to save. I have tried the "save" and "save as" options and nothing works.

I have not been able to work since downloading. Not a real comforting start out of the gate.

FYI - Test before updating to the masses - hopefully this is an isolated incident, but a pain, none the less!  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Quark is a horrible program, tech support not in USA. No support for a 900+ program. Horrible copy protection/registration scheme.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  QXP 6.5 rocks ! ! ! ! Not that i had any problems with 6.1 but 6.5 is snappier for starters. Quark have done a good job with this update  
(Version 6.5)

TONY  Anyone found "old" Q6 extensions not working anymore? THX.  
(Version 6.5)

BRADY J. FREY  It's incompatibility with Rips and standard workflow I don't see as a problem with InDesign, as much as I see it as a problem with the current Rips and standard workflow! These can be tweaked, even in Brisque environments from Screenprint, to offset, to digital output.

Quark, no matter how many times they update, is still lagging behind InDesign CS in many areas. 6.5 has large improvments, and they've stifled their aggressive, and problematic, installation requirements (a headache for any professional who has rebuilt a workstation for different users and tried to reinstall) - but it still doesn't compete. Regardless of the recent upgrades, there was a time when Quark took over 5 years to upgrade; and for companies like mine who purchased 5.0, we were quite unhappy with the fact that a year later we would have to purchase yet again.

For the price of Quark Xpress, or even for us professionals who design with other languages in mind and have to purchase passport - you can purchase the WHOLE Adobe Creative Suite. That alone is a reason to steer away from Quark... and with it's lack of integration with Adobe products, naturally, that's the nail in the coffin for us.

Upgrading now won't let me forget that there was once a time when upgrades were scarce... and while I won't bend over backwards for any company, Adobe has never let me down that way.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Indesign does have the far superior feature set, and significantly fewer bugs than Xpress, but it is still not the "uber" product some of you make it out to be. For example, it's built-in PDF production is still incompatible with a large number of rips and imposing software, and the Adobe Paragraph Composer is pretty much useless is a professional publishing environment. That said, Quark still has huge network drive issues, and lacks an awful lot of modern features. We keep both around for different projects.   
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Adobe has got Quark beat hands down. As a design professional WHO DOES REAL OUTPUT (to you arrogant SOB's who say such horse crap) I've used both, paid for both, and Adobe is a far superior product for a lesser price. Quark, your days are limited, old friend. Adobe is fast on its way to earn its old crown back in publishing. Especially on the OSX platform.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Certainly each designer is entitled to their opinion. I have used QXP since v3.0 and InDesign since v2.0.

I seriously question the judgement of anyone who still considers QXP the superior product. For use in OS X, I find QXP worthless and a slug. Quark's ONLY way to stay alive is to totally start from scratch with the architecture of QXP. In the meantime Adobe is kickin butt and constantly improving on a far superior product. Not to mention the cost...um let's see QXP $800 vs. entire CS package at $745...gee tough decision. I see a death knell coming.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Anyone who thinks ANY version of Quark is superior to InDesign 3 has either never used InDesign 3 for any length of time, or simply has no idea what they're talking about. I've been in graphic design for 15 years, and while it's important to have some Quark skills, that has ZERO bearing on how good of a product it is.  
(Version 6.5)

ANONYMOUS  Still lousy compard to InDesign's feature set and Adobe integration.  
(Version 6.5)

RYAN GARDNER  Update seems to speed things up and makes things more stable. Thankfully, real designers who actually OUTPUT jobs have stuck to this company which continues to deliver a superior product. Certainly, Quark has had problems in the past with customer relations. They are turning a corner, and as always - have had a superior product. It is STILL the industry standard layout program. I would never hire someone who could not work in Quark.

One comment - the "$1000 LinoType" package that registered users can download at no cost is nowhere to be found on the Quark website.   
(Version 6.5)

QQQ  This version of quark looks like it has been made with some string, a few pipe cleaners and some plastic bottles!!

When you have Indesign,that opens quark docs,and has a million more feature why would you ever downgrade to quark?

its official Quark is DEAD  
(Version 6.5)

KRIS  Quark 6.1 is the worst thing that has ever happened to our publication department. After upgrading to OSX, we opted to stay with Quark instead of making the switch to InDesign. Boy, was that a HUGE mistake! Amongst the vast array of problems we've encountered, here are just a few examples: having to manually add extensions, rearranged text boxes, images that drop out, files that disappear from the server, countless saving errors, files that allow more than one person to open a document AT THE SAME TIME. They should all be burned in one big bonfire, while we dance around in celebration.  
(Version 6.1)

CILLY  The installer changes recursivly permissions of your Applications-folder to -rwxrwxrwx. This is the worst installer I have had. Go with InDesign from Adobe, it harmonies with photoshop perfectly.  
(Version 6.1)

MANNY  What a crap! Plenty of bugs in Quark 6. File cannot retrieve after the document crashed. I rather use InDesign or Pagemaker or MultiAd Creator.  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  This application is a catastrophy. Crashes galore! Bugs galore! It's by far the most expensive piece of trash you could spend your money for. And service is almost non-existant. I'll do the right thing while everyone waits for the 6.2 bugfix-release: I'll buy InDesign CS. Hey guys at Quark: If you do read the reviews here, you already should have seen that you have some work to do...  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  This registration system is a slap in the face of every customer who actually bought the QuarkXPress. There used to be a time when registering was welcomed, but not necessary. But now, QuarkXPress won't even work properly if you decide not to register. But then, you've already spent your money. Quark guys, listen up: I'm off to InDesign CS, and hopefully many graphics pros will do the same.  
(Version 6.1)

DAVID  When you have all finished dumping your Quark 6 CDs, perhaps you could send them to me. I would love to learn how to use these expensive programs but can't afford the licence!  
(Version 6.1)

RZM@  Add Photoshop support and it will be perfect.  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  XPress 6.1 works very well. So far, so good, except this stupid registration system.  
(Version 6.1)

EMMA YULICK  Havin used Quark 4.11 for 5 years or so, I was excited to finally get the newest version, 6.0. Then for whatever reason I decided that a font problem I was having, and subsequently am still having, was worth the 6.1 "fix." Big freakin' mistake. Huge. Now my printer, an epson C84, refuses to print even the simplest things in Quark to any degree of color certainty. That is, things that printed fine and easily in Quark 6.0, just don't print right at all in 6.1. Why did they have to go and mess with it.

Quark: hear this... IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!  
(Version 6.1)

XPRZ  I don't understand all the fuss about XPress 6.1. Indesign CS is far superior but XPress 6.1 is OK. If you need it, it works. That said, I keep Indesign ;-)

(+)

Close to OS 9 speed.

Faster than Indesign (damn fast!).

Works well even on a G3 300 or 400 MHz, less than 200 Mo RAM.

Automatic link between pages (I miss that with ID).

Good GUI.

Hi resolution preview.

(-)

Passport to work with multiple languages.

Can't save in XPress 4 (ID CS can't save in ID 2...).

Can't import .psd files.

Can't use .psd transparency.

Huge files, bigger than Indesign files.

Crazy registration system (like Adobe CS / Windows).

Expensive (cost as much as Adobe CS).

Quark support is inexistent.  
(Version 6.1)

A NONY MOUSE  Go people, use Adobe InDesign CS. Avoid QuarkXPress at ALL costs. Don't waste any money for this ridiculous bad and expensive piece of bugs galore software.

You have been warned!  
(Version 6.1)

ERIC  I'd like to know what machines those who've commented on QX 6's fast speed are using. Dual 1.3 GHz G5's? I've used it on a dual 450 G4 and an 800 MHz iMac G4, both with ample RAM and video memory, and this thing is ridiculously slow. Almost unusable.

6.1 upgrade? Won't install (and I'm not the only one having that problem), even with the original installation CD loaded. Quark support? Almost nonexistant.

Quark has taken users' patience and loyalty for granted (yet again). They failed to learn anything from the competition, which, I hope, will soon replace this dinosaur.  
(Version 6.1)

STEVE DEVANE  If there was an award for releasing un-tried and tested software, Quark would win hands down everytime. Quark 4 was fine after about two years with 4.11 Quark 5 is still as bug-ridden as any new Quark release. Having paid for Quark 6 last Summer we have still had not been able to activate it on our new G5. the absurd hoop jumping that is required meant that when our new duff Dual G5 required major work on it, our unlocking code was no longer valid. After the poor reviews, I am not bothering to address this until 6.11 is available.

It really is a disgraceful situation  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  Joke of the year award. Bugware. I don't want it even for free. Back to v4 in Classic. And Indesign.  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  Unbelievable!!! Quark was so concerned about having their program pirated, that they forgot who their base users are. I've never had to deal with the incredibly moronic installation process of this program with any other software product. If they would have put as much effort into their program as they did with the insane installation process, they may have had a better upgrade to 6.0. We waited all of this time to upgrade to system X because QuarkXpress wasn't ready to make the jump into the new millenium. Now that we have it, it is simply awful! Unstable, unhelpful, unproductive. Even the 6.1 update is garbage!!! Hey Quark, are you listening to the users of your product? Or is the only thing you can hear is that final nail being hammered into your coffin by Adobe's InDesign? Save yourself the trouble, money and most of all the frustration. Go buy InDesign!!! At least Adobe cares about their product, reputation and the folks who use their software.  
(Version 6.1)

CHARLES WHALLEY  We have an office with 4 people using Quark, 2 on 5 and two just upgraded to 6.1.

In the last week the two on 6.1 (both on 10.32) accesing files over a gigabit ethernet, located on an xserve running 10.28 server have had situations where work has been done on an old 5 document and amends and saves made during the day. Close the job down and reopen later in the day and HELP - The quark file as reverted to it starting point - all work done lost! This has not happened in 6.0 and has only started since upgrading to 6.1. And only on old 5/4 docs that have been succesfully opened in 6.

Quark are giving us some crap that working over a network is not recommended.

Any body who has not upgraded I suggest they dont - also if anybody has had similar problems would be interested to hear.

In Design here we come  
(Version 6.1)

VINCENT  They spent so much time to protect their app with a crazy reg. system that they've forgotten to deliver a stable application. Too bad we are paying for a working app, not for a bloated spyware. XPress was so great, how did it come to this?  
(Version 6.1)

WILL DAVIDGE  There's a reason why I put "1" down for each category of my review...beacuse the update won't even install!

"This version of Quark cannot be updated. 11002:2,-14"

This is what comes up when I try updating from 6.0 to the new and improved 6.1. Quark 6 is a joke to begin with. It actually seems like there are less features than 4.1 when it comes to scaling/adjusting text and automatically updating links. And don't even try to make a postscript file (for later distilling) in it. Half the time it unexpectedly quits or there is an error. It's funny because I never have these problems in 4.1. Why not just use the spectacular internal PDF engine within the new Quark you ask? I think anyone in the printing industry will give you the answer to that one.

Guess I just find it ironic that after using Quark and InDesign over the last 2 years, it's the industry standard Quark that has consistently failed me. It was my hope that the 6.1 update would turn my frown upside down...does anyone know why it won't even install?  
(Version 6.1)

CRACKHEAD  Quark... It never has been the greatest application, but it is the most powerful in the graphics industry. They don't add many new features for each upgrade, because it's already the strongest and most robust app. Adding drawing tools and other impractical options, like the competition, just weakens the product. At least Quark isn't making that mistake. Just because they don't change it drastically, doesn't mean it's not worth the upgrade. Yes. The cost of Quark is ridiculously high. Upgrades are Much Less Costly. I've upgraded my company because Q6 finally runs native on OSX. The increase in printing speed, since Apple no longer requires users to go through the chooser, is worth the upgrade. Quark needs to improve it's support. I hope that Quark isn't the dinosaur that everyone is making them to be. The alternatives aren't any better and they 'improve' and upgrade all too frequently. You try and define the differences between InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. They are all the same app, without one being as strong as Quark for page layout. Pagemaker was supposed to kill Quark... now it's InDesign. Please! Support the app that is stongest... not the one that is easiest to print out penny saver adds.  
(Version 6.1)

RAN  XPress 3 and 4 deserve 4/5 Features, 5/5 Ease of Use, 4/5 Value, 4/5 Stability. Xpress 6 and then this update are insults to our intelligence, and to the money we spent. This version worth less than 0/5. The update is gross. Shame on Quark! XPress is dead.  
(Version 6.1)

RS  I am sorry, I can not rate this update. When I purchased Q6, I finally got it running after a few days of frustration. Then I went in to testing mode. Sure, the couple of days getting it to run was worth it, cause my company has used it since the 80s. So, you have to do it, right?

Well, after working on some pages, feeling out the program in OSX, i found that there where many little things that where wrong or not working right. I looked and looked for a place to talk with other users, and found none. I called and called tech, with no response. I couldnÕt use the new Quark, because there was no help.

Maybe Quark is only giving help to the companies that own 100s or 1000s of copies? I donÕt know, but there are 100,000s of us freelancers and smaller companies that relied on Quark and are now in the dark.

My testing and using Q6 got so time consuming I just couldnÕt go on with it. I removed it from all machines and kept using 4.11. Now I am in a learning curve with another program and find that the excitement of my job is back.

Hey, whatÕs with all this web stuff in a layout program anyway. Lots of trouble, I see. Create a web program that will work with Quark, but donÕt mess up what you have (had). Your sales are for design and layout, man, where did that go. Apple, I hope you are listening, too.

Quark, you really blew it by not allowing your main base, the small businesses and freelancers, to have a place to talk about the 6 release. You didnÕt have to hire a team to monitor a forum, just put one up. The users will work out a lot of the issues together. If I would have had a place to go and discuss the bugs, I wouldnÕt have moved out of your main base of customers.

You where a big money maker for my company, but you got off the cruise and the ship kept going. Good luck, I and my employees will miss you.  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  I gave it a three, because there's really no worthwile new features.

Ease of use 5. If you've ever used previous versions; there's no learning curve.

Value 3, if you want to run OS X you need it. (Classic is a pain)

Stability 1 ONLY because of speed. It's stabile, but sssslo o o o w

I've upgraded 4 machines now to XPress 6 (and updated this morning to 6.1) I have one glaring complaint: Speed. This version is like slogging through a swamp. All of our machines are at least dual 867s with 2 GB of RAM, running Panther.

Stability is fine; I haven't seen any problems with font handling (though I recommend you get a good font utility that checks your fonts, before you use them)

My BIGGEST complaint is people writing "reviews" that are ads for inDesign and Quark bashing. Save it for an inDesign forum.

No kidding it doesn't save down to version 4! Big suprise; that's been common knowledge since 6 was in beta testing. Uh, remember version 5 couldn't save down to version 3? Come on.

What Quark needs to do is forget about adding support for web pages. Who the h*ll designs websites in XPress?

Note for Quark Inc.:Concentrate on what you're good at: A solid page layout app. Forget about the web, no one bought the xtensions that added that functionality in Version 3. Speed up the application, fix the licensing mess, and put the user forums back up so people can work their problems out instead of venting.

inDesign isn't that great.  
(Version 6.1)

ANONYMOUS  You just lost a faithful customer:(

Quark stinks!!!!  
(Version 6.1)

STEFAN  bye-bye Quark :-)  
(Version 6.1)

NATHAN KEMP  If Quark continue to ignore their customers they will soon be out of business. With superior alternatives available like InDesign I don’t understand how Quark think they can continue to treat us as if they own a monopoly product with no competition.

As soon as I get to grips with InDesign I will be disposing of my overpriced, underwhelming, unstable, buggy butt wipe of a program. How can something so good become so bad. Thank God my 12 year reliance on you is nearly over. Quark RIP.  
(Version 6.1)

JOHN CLULEY  Ran this update and on first start came up with "Cannot use this version with this keyboard: Good one quark - it goes off my machine for good now!  
(Version 6.1)

CM2852  I'm a long-time Quark user and am extremely disappointed in their current program. Long-awaited Quark 6.0 is full of bugs, the activation precess is rediculous and it is not a good value for my hard-earned dollar. I've been working with inDesign a few months now and am very pleased with the progam. It's feature rich and quite stable. I still use Quark because of my clients, but as soon as I can convert them to inDesign... it's bye-bye Quark!  
(Version 6.1)

ZO  The app seems fast, faster than Indesign, but it is unusable in v 6.0. Lots of bug and no update in january. Quark is in India, are they using horses to deliver updates? Ridiculous.  
(Version 6.0)

JCGERHARDT  I agree that there are bugs! Lots of them! I have an issue with redraw and Panther, as well as wysiwyg. My borders appear incorrectly, type is not always showing up. I have problems. And don't even start me on activation. Quark has always been a pirating control freak but this is excessive. I had to call twice to be reactivated. You might think I wanted to get government security clearance. Wake up Quark, you may be good but InDesign is whipping your butt!!  
(Version 6.0)

AGENTM2  The most annoying thing to this day is Quarks implementation of preferences. They have Tool preferences mixed in with individual Document preferences. So we have been FORCED to use other users tool settings.

i.e. When I create any box I prefer it not have a runaround. I set this up in tool prefs for my default documents. This only works in Docs I create. I have to turn it off in every box if I work on other user's docs. ANNOYING!

The Solution is to move Tool settings to application preferences. Wake up Quark! End the madness. Stop concentrating on web stuff.

InDesign is so tempting.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Ironically, it was Quark's idiotic activation procedures and their terribly slow technical support that forced me to turn to Adobe InDesign to complete a project that was on a tight deadline.

Don't consider QuarkXPress 6.0 if you use Jaguar and plan to upgrade to Panther. If you can, wait to install QuarkXPress 6.0 until after you've successfully upgraded to Panther. Quark's re-activation procedure can take more than a week. That was my experience.

Better yet, save your money and switch to InDesign, which is a much better program and value.   
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Can't save QXP 4 files. Bugs a lot in Jaguar. Bugs even more in Panther. One good thing is the speed, faster than Indesign, but it is so buggy it is useless. Waiting for 6.1. Untill these bugs are fixed, XPress 4 works fine in Classic and Indesign works in OS X.  
(Version 6.0)

PCB  I've used Quark versions 3, 4, 5 and now 6 accessing files over my network. Versions 3-5 were, and remain, okay when opening Quark or referencing picture files over the network. Quark 6, however, is a different story. It breaks my network connection, whether the Quark file is on my hard drive or not, if the images are stored on my server. I notice Quark say that all files should be stored on the hard drive, and not referenced via a network at all. What a ludicrous suggestion. Quark needs to wake up to the real world, or InDesign will destroy their customer base very quickly.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Can't save files in QXP 4 format!!!  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Totally agree with the previous comment. Also have scroll bars appearing out of nowhere and key commands work when they feel like. QuarkXpress you have so much to answer for.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  I still like 4.1 & 5.0 better, Quark 6 is sxxk.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  XPress 4 is very good. Indesign 202 is very good. XPress 5 and 6 = POC = piece of cr*p  
(Version 6.0)

RICHIEBEE  What? Can't save down to V.4? I want a refund. Absolutely disgraceful. Start selling your Quark Inc. stock now because they've sunk themselves. Hello InDesign!  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Just started using QXP 6.0 and I'm not impressed. I still like QXP 4.11 the best. What's with the scroll bars that appear out of nowhere? Anyone else see those. keyboard commands for the tools don't exist or just don't work. Oh yea, you cant save it as QXP 4 file either. This is wacked. I havn't used Indesign because it's not the "Industry Standard" but I'm going to. Quark is just too expensive, and has too many gliches. It's like windows....But, I can thank the internet gods for file sharing or I'd me out 900 bucks.  
(Version 6.0)

MELVIN SMART  I have moved my whole design team to indesign from quark a year and a half ago when we switched to osx and we haven't had a single problem.

If there are any members of the Quark team reading my message.....your software was too little to late and you have been seriously out done by adobe, It makes me sad, because Quark was great, but was never pushed or developed to its full potential, it would be a real shame to see quark dissapear (as I suspect it will)

Why not make your product cheaper,better and more compatable than indesign and pray that you hold on to what is left of your market share.  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Hello,

I've just read the "activation" FAQ page. I am shocked at the requirements involving reactivation after upgrades of system software or hardware (RAM). What business is it of Quark when or why I or anyone else would upgrade something other than your software? Quark wishes to control not just their software, but my computer as well. I plan to purchase a G5 in September, I can't image the nightmare before me as I try to get Quark installed without your permission. I've ordered the upgrade, but doubt that it will be installed. I switching to InDesign, the program is on the rise and the industry is tried of Quarks arrogance, you've actually outdone Microsoft.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Gabrielse

Have a Kind Day  
(Version 6.0)

ANONYMOUS  Man this is a joke. I was an avid Xpress user too, this version sucks. I gonna switch to In Design. A madman leads Quark, that's insane to sell this kind of update to fellow customers.  
(Version 6.0)

EX-QUARK EXPERT  As an avid Quark user, I really wanted them to come out with a strong release for 6.0. That was a year ago. I have since converted our workflow to InDesign, and have never looked back. In most respects is does a better job than Quark and gives more professional results. The cross functionality between the Adobe apps is excellent, and is just going to keep getting better. Now I just wish Quark would go away. I've talked to people who have held onto their Quark, and run it in classic for the last year. They have recently upgraded to 6.0 and are already finding issues with it, especially with regards to loading the program on a home machine and a work machine. I understand how important copy protection is, and you shouldn't be able to run two versions on the same network at the same time. You should however be able to load it on different machines, and use it on one machine at a time. Quark has set it up to make this extremely difficult, if not impossible, so when you install it for the first time, make sure that it's on the one machine where you want it to stay.  
(Version 6.0)

X-QUARK LOVER  Layout products are moving out of the Category of "desktop" products and moving up to next level like "enterprise" level especially when content is being used and reused for various media outputs. In order to truly reach “enterprise” level, a product has to grow in multiple dimensions, some of which may or may not qualify to be compared under standard norms. However, these technological or architectural changes are foundations for future applications that will require to work together as an enterprise. InDesign, fits in this model and Quark NOT. Earlier adopters to InDesign will have early start advantage and will always be ahead of the game, not just today with existing features but also for upcoming applications or formats that are not at distant future. Quark was good and has done its job and as all good things come to end, its time to make path for future opportunities. InDesign in version 2.0 compares at par, if not more, with Version 6 of Quark, imagine what next version of InDesign would be like. In short, Quark is Past and InDesign Future.  
(Version 6.0)

DAN ROGALL  I warn you all now - if you plan on using this software on more than one computer, then look somewhere else. When you install Quark 6.0 on a machine, that's where it has to stay. You can't install it on a home system and an office system. You have to purchase additional licenses. Quark will not allow you to install YOUR PURCHASED software on whatever machine you choose.

It's like buying a TV set and the manufacturer telling you you can only watch it in your bathroom.

I hope InDesign catches on. At least you don't have to deal with the BS.

My advice, don't buy Quark. They're arrogant and unhelpful money grabbers.

Go Adobe Go!!!  
(Version 6.0)

MICHAEL WAGNER  Have been using QuarkXpress 6 for a few days now on one of our new Macs at our office and it is wonderful. There are still some minor bugs with CMS color correction, but overall it is a MAJOR step foward from version 4 which is what we were previously using.  
(Version 6.0)

VVV  Who cares, these guys don't buy Xpress (nor Indesign), they don't even use it. Pros know how Quark's customer service sucks, but how XPress is a great tool to work in a hurry. That's why magazines stick to XPress. Indesign is good, but XPress OS X is a blessing. I hope it will be stable.  
(Version 6.0)

FIBEN BOLGER  For me the most wanted feature was ability to save your work in earlier versions. In QXP 6 you can save only back to 5.0 version - no more. For many of us, which are still using version 4.11, this is compromitation. Imagine that: I'm working on 4.11, Quark for MacOS X saves to version 5 - I must buy the version 5 or switch eternally to OS X. Down with Quark!  
(Version 6.0)

JON BOY  yeh, sorry guys, I know your the industry standard......but drop your price and try to make your product as good as indesign is or your gonna be gone.  
(Version 6.0)

PAKK99  Xpress has always fit into a professional workflow better than any of its competitors, and I doubt that will change with version 6. Our house uses both Xpress and InDesign extensively, and, frankly, we have fewer problems turning Quark files into finished products than we do with InDesign files. InDesign has flashier features, but its more or less a dressed up Illustrator, and suffers from all the same production problems as its predecessor. I'm looking forward to this release.  
(Version 6.0)

MARK  Way to little, way to late, way too expensive.

I'm sure the developers are sitting back on their private Hawaiian island, having worked 3 months in the last 5 years and reaping their US$899 profits.

You can get the Photoshop, illustrator and indesign for less - these guys better pull their finger out, or they'll be gone.  
(Version 6.0)

UMAROMC  I can't BELIEVE ANYONE has the audacity to leave "starred" comments about a product they haven't used that's absolutely so important to base their livelihoods on it. Please wait until you try it yourself for a professional-use amount of time or wait for a professionally-published review. Until then, though, I MUST note that I've gone entirely InDesign over the past year and I'm waiting for the latter of my two examples...  
(Version 6.0)

MACGIZMO  Quark is so outdated that I don't even know where to begin. Version 6 is just too little, too late, and with a heavy price tag it just doesn't even compare to Adobe InDesign.  
(Version 6.0)

ADAM  I have been using Quark 5.0 for the past week along with Suitcase 10. What a great combination for graphic designers! Nice little improvements to Quark, without "messing with a good thing". Thumbs up all the way... looking forward to the final release!  
(Version 5.0b)