First, note that I said a “little” love in the title. I still feel that for a solo designer, QuarkXPress is inferior to InDesign in just about every way and I only use it when the job demands it.
But that’s just my view of QuarkXpress based on my own experience and my needs in a layout program. There are many people out there happily using QuarkXPress and it does exactly what they need it to do.
But I do sometimes feel guilty (for only a second or two) that I talk more about InDesign (and by extenstion, Adobe) than I do QuarkXPress.
The trouble is, there are not a whole lot of QuarkXPress resources to get excited about in terms of podcasts, third-party magazine tutorials, etc. In fact, I just looked at Amazon to see what QuarkXPress 7 books were available. Not a lot, at least not by the major publishers. I’m not sure if that means anything or not, but it does make me wonder how popular QuarkXPress is with the general public these days.
So, it is nice to see that there’s a new site out there dedicated to QuarkXPress: Planet Quark
If you’re a QuarkXPress, take a look at the site and even send a note of thanks to the folks who put the site together. Since there’s not a lot out there, anyone dedicated to serving the QuarkXPress community deserves a pat on the back.
