QuarkXPress 8 Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the performance but many are less positive about the interface.

Performance

Interface

Experts rate this product 79/100 and users 80/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Global Positioning Systems (GPS), the QuarkXPress 8 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 91/100 = Excellent quality.

UQuarkXPress' interface has undergone a massive makeover for version 8. While the new look can be distracting at first, once you get used to it, there's plenty to like about the increased productivity the new UI affords.

Improved UI. Expansive feature set for print publishing. Useful Flash authoring features. Option to combine and synchronize layouts in a single project file

Typographic features fall a bit short. Sheer volume of features makes the program somewhat cumbersome

Despite its massive feature set, QuarkXPress 8 by itself isn't a match for the Adobe Creative Suite, but compared head-to-head with InDesign, it's certainly a more versatile app. This may not be enough to entice former users who jumped ship to ...

QuarkXPress 8 marks a major change to the user interface of the venerable page-layout and design program for the Mac. At the same time, version 8 offers very little in the way of new features, thus making the interface change its hallmark.

Interface updates make the program easier and more streamlined to use ; easier document sharing ; new hanging-characters feature

Interface changes are only partial ; few brand-new features ; new features are of limited utility for most users