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RIP. I'm very thankful that the desktop version of Publisher should be able to run in perpetuity in emulation. Compare this to any SaaS app that disappears immediately.
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Nah, Microsoft makes good money from Visio licenses - I'm sure it more than pays for itself and helps keep the megacorps locked in. All of our org's corporate laptops come with Office but you can request Visio if you need it - the license cost gets charged back to your department.
The mentioned alternatives also don't compare to what Visio has in terms of breadth for iconography, etc. It's just a bit better, which may not always be the case. That said, MS is definitely making enough to keep that ball rolling in terms of development.
And yet the Visio Stencil UX/UI is the absolute worst.
RIP. I'm very thankful that the desktop version of Publisher should be able to run in perpetuity in emulation. Compare this to any SaaS app that disappears immediately.
I'm not sure if it's accurate, but a certain nautical themed torrent directory currently lists Office 2016 as the third most popular Application torrent.
O365 pretty much killed Office for us. We barely use it in house now. At best it's hosted email. We don't even use the calendar / contact stuff as it doesn't sync with any phones properly. Apple won there by a mile. If only they did an enterprise iCloud+ with custom domain we'd just stop paying for O365 I suspect other than for a couple of Excel die hards.
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Never heard of this company but the website makes these products look very mature. How does it compare to Adobe? It would be great to see someone like this make an alternative to Office as well. I’d be glad to pay. I know some open source options exist but they always feel behind the times to me compared to Office.
I use their products daily both professionally and personally, mostly Designer and Publisher. Coming from someone who also used to use Adobe products, the affinity suite meets my needs almost perfectly. There are some times when I sorely miss a feature, like bitmap tracing and proper vector brushes in Designer and variable spread sizes in Publisher. That said, if you're going to pay for software, they're 100% worth t…
RIP. I'm very thankful that the desktop version of Publisher should be able to run in perpetuity in emulation. Compare this to any SaaS app that disappears immediately.
Yeah, imagine after 10 years you reached into your toolbox to grab your hammer and it was gone. Along with your screwdriver, measuring tape, etc.
Serif makes a very capable alternative also called Publisher. I really like their software - you can buy it without a subscription and it's very polished. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher
Never heard of this company but the website makes these products look very mature. How does it compare to Adobe? It would be great to see someone like this make an alternative to Office as well. I’d be glad to pay. I know some open source options exist but they always feel behind the times to me compared to Office.
I remember using their software over 20 years ago, so it should be
Serif makes a very capable alternative also called Publisher. I really like their software - you can buy it without a subscription and it's very polished. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher
Never heard of this company but the website makes these products look very mature. How does it compare to Adobe? It would be great to see someone like this make an alternative to Office as well. I’d be glad to pay. I know some open source options exist but they always feel behind the times to me compared to Office.
Also, you might want to have a look at the open source "Scribus". I never liked it too much, but it gets a lot of jobs done.