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Title: VivaDesigner
Post by: AdmFubar on July 15, 2026, 09:00:31 PM
Anyone here try it?  I've used 3-4 dtp programs over the years and i've found this one extremely frustrating to use just trying out some simple layout testing.
Title: Re: VivaDesigner
Post by: utnik on July 15, 2026, 10:04:31 PM
hi admfubar

i used it in the nineties. it was called 'vivaPress' and brought some new possibilities quarkXPress and pageMaker didn't offer. but i never looked at it in the last 25 years. (compared with inDesign it was slow on the same hardware...)

what is the frustrating part of the actual versions?

utnik
Title: Re: VivaDesigner
Post by: AdmFubar on July 16, 2026, 12:34:59 AM
it is molasses in january slow.. i thought it might be a bad appimage implementation. interface is oddly limited.
Title: Re: VivaDesigner
Post by: mnawij on September 02, 2026, 08:00:04 PM
I have used it to convert inDesign files to formats that I could copy type and photos to Scribus to recreate documents or print the pdf if there were no changes from the customer.