I downloaded it a few days ago but haven't gotten around to installing it yet. So far, the reviews sound encouraging, but it still looks like Quark still has a lot of work to do to…

I've always like inDesign much better. Just a personal peference

To start off: I like Quark, always have. My impressions after using it for a while are generally positive. I like the splash screen it is retro in a nice way, but obviously raw …

InDesign is made by a development team that obviously listens to its consumers. Quark is made by a seemingly ego-driven group that listens to nobody but themselves. It's always bee…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director InDesign is made by a development team that obviously listens to its consumers. Quark is made by a seemingly ego-driven group that liste…

The fact remains that Quark the company doesn't listen to their consumer base. Never have. In recent years they've tried to improve on that front and have succeeded in varying degr…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani The web tools of QXP are no proof of what you claim. How could they be? Regardless, if you don't use them, then don't use them. It's n…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director The fact remains that Quark the company doesn't listen to their consumer base. Never have. In recent years they've tried to improve on t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani While an interesting rant, it is completely off topic. Perhaps you aught to create your own thread if you want a soap-box? cheers W…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director Q: If nobody uses their web features then why have them? A: Ego, just as I stated earlier. W-Y: How long have you worked for Quark? …

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director If you can't handle reading fact I can suggest some nifty sites about unicorns and the like. I am curious, if you use QXP (if so wha…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani I am curious, if you use QXP (if so what version) and if not, why did you download the QXP 7 beta? cheers W-Y Why does anyone…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director Why does anyone download a beta? I am not terribly surprised to see that you are timid of discussing Quark. My guess is this: You do…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani This is a support forum where people come to get their technical questions answered. No, actually it's a thread dedicated to 'ar…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director No, actually it's a thread dedicated to 'art and graphic design.' That's why it's titled 'art and graphic design.' That includes, but is…

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This is why I switched to Indesign.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin This is why I switched to Indesign. Can anyone stay on topic? W-Y

after re-coding my website over the past couple of days, i've given it a routine run through the w3c validator and it keeps returning errors saying i've included "character data" …

Have you tried 'Zap gremlins' from BBEdit (replacing them with bullet characters) to make sure there's nothing wrong. The characters you're seeing usually mean a UTF8 character has…

Or just try deleting the whole two lines there and rewrite them? That should, in any case, get rid of this seemingly rogue character...

i thought i'd sussed it there - i ran "zap gremlins" on the header file and various included files and it found a non-character in one of the files - but unfortch i'm still getting…

Is it a dodgy line break? Could try normalise line endings. Or re-opening with/without translating line breaks. Does it look weird with Show Invisibles on? What are you document…

it looks fine with "show invisibles on" and yep - the document settings are as you say. i'm wondering if it's some kind of PHP glitch. the page [index.php] includes the header.ph…

Quote: Originally Posted by m a d r a i'm wondering if it's some kind of PHP glitch. Couldn't you try validating the local bbedit template to check this?