InDesign is no better than Quark 8. I HAVE to work in ID as one of my clients requires his files in it, but it hangs and crashes for little reason, and struggles with font activation, etc., etc. It has a few features which work better than Quark's (eg Tables), but as a Quarkie I just love to get back to the familiar and straightforward interface of Quark, and v8 is a huge advance on v7.