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You can upgrade to CursorFX for $9.95 (it's $19.95 new) if you have CursorXP.

Users who purchased CursorXP since October 1, 2007 will receive CursorFX free when it's completed.

guys.., i try to re-do Lexa with CursorFX and i have to say that it was a painful job., the hot spot is realy hard to setup and every time i try to open a .curxptheme with cursorfx it crash, i'm using the free vertion, not the Plus.

Try to go back into basics..., you dont need to make a 100% make up of the program...


my two cent.., and getting back to CursorXP

Well, there's one issue when trying to use the upgrade page for CursorFX.

When I enter my (valid) CursorXP serial, I get an error that says "Your CursorXP registration could not be found". It works correctly in Stardock Central, though, and it's the exact value in the support email. Guess this part isn't working yet.

Since CursorXP works fine for me under Vista, what compelling reason (apart from what looks like a pretty good UI) is there for me to upgrade (especially considering the upgrade page won't let me upgrade)?

I already paid for CursorXP last year and I do not think I should have to pay again since I paid more than $19.95 for it. I will just keep the old version then.

Why in the world should someone have to pay $9.95 for an upgrade for this beta even if you had CursorXP for years. Is CursorXP being done with for a hole new software? I'm confused  . Anyway after all the negitive post about CursorFx, I may wait awhile to see what it's all about.

I agree hot spot editing needs work. We will improve it in the next few days. For Beta 1 we've given priority to the front end UI and the actual program engine.

For simply migrating a .CurXPTheme to the .CursorFX format simply open the file in the editor and Save as.. into the new format.
CursorFX let you also add effects right into cursor themes.

CursorFX Beta 1 registers the following combinations:

CTRL-SHIFT-C = Unloads CursorFX
CTRL-SHIFT-V = Toggles CursorFX ON / OFF

Opps!  After going to the link for CursorFX I see it is a replacement for CursorXP. I still will not pay more since I had this for years.

(Using the free version).

Here's another issue I've found...

I can import and apply a CursorXP theme, but it doesn't show up in the list of available cursors in the UI list. I know it's a beta, but this seems like an obvious requirement (imported themes should appear in the list of available cursors). Also, while the settings changes do apply, they don't show the imported cursor in the preview portion of the screen.

Also, since I was already running CursorXP, I had to explicitly kill it in order to allow CursorFX to work. Either CursorFX should automatically unload CursorXP, or, at the very least, it should present a warning message indicating that CursorXP should be closed for the new program to function correctly. The lack of *any* awareness at all is questionable.

I would also suggest that there be an option for directly importing an existing package (maybe even a drag and drop operation), as opposed to having to open the 'new package' editor, and incurring the additional overhead of creating a new default package just before opening a package to import.

Based on my initial assessment, I would say that this is a good 'alpha' release, with lots of potential, but it has a way to go before it actually reaches 'beta', let alone an official release.

Great news ..




I suggest to change the keys because these are shourtcuts for Copy/Paste formating in Microsoft Word.

don't see the reason for the hype..i think i'm done purchasing stardock stuff..my main account i always purchased things on, im constantly having problems where my account is lost and all this blah and blah..don't think it's worth it

If you double click a .CurXPTheme it will be automatically added to the themes directory. The UI is probably not updating realtime (it will in Beta2). However if you close and reload the UI you should get the theme. Or you can just select all your old themes and copy them to the new location.

There is no reason to save old .CurXPThemes to the new .CursorFX format, unless you plan to actually use the new format features. We will document them soon.

This is totally respectable. However CursorFX is newer compared to CursorXP the same way Windows Vista is newer than Windows XP: you get a new user interface and new features.
New features are such things like dynamic shadows, motion smoothing (Plus), animated UI, etc.
There is also a new theme format that has new options such as integrating effects into themes (you will see this more and more used) and several new scripting and animation options in Beta 2 that will let cursors be more and more cool.
I agree the editor needs much more work and documentation, however it is not needed today to let you enjoy old .CurXPTheme files.

In the final build there will be no need to manually unload CFX (you will eventually use the UI).
So we will only have one key combination that you'll be able to customize.

What I find really irritating is the shadows being so far away from the cursor. It nearly looks like having 2 cursors. Any way to change that ?