Amazing.

After reading a few more or less positive reviews here and there, I thought I'd give em the benefit of the doubt and see for myself just how much improvement is built into the latest upgrade.

So, $300 bucks later, which is big money for yet another upgrade of what may now be the most expensive page layout program on the planet — lo and behold — you still can't drag and drop text blocks around inside text windows! This basic text composition feature is built into most simple OS X text editors today, and is even included in Apple Mail. But not here. Not Quark. Sure, you can drag text and images into a document from the desktop or outside of of the program. Big deal. That and other "new" features really should have been included in this program a long time ago. But you still can't drag and drop text around inside the document itself — uh — hello?

Hey. Who are these people giving glowing reviews to this expensive, disappointing software? Do they have some undisclosed relationship with Quark? Do they receive remuneration for reviewing this upgrade? Can't help but wonder. I mean, I'm sorry to cast aspersions, but after paying for, then downloading and installing version 8, and trying it out for a while, those positive reviews seem just a bit suspicious to me now.

Insert sound here of an idiot who blew $300 on yet another lackluster QXP upgrade banging his head on his desk in shame and disbelief.

Sigh.