[gomodern]

Thanks for your reply. I completely understand what you are saying, and would never expect a template to work straight out of the box. Even with a lot of custom work though it seems that the smoothness of the UX and the design just never quite gets there. I'm wondering if the xcart code (xcart 5) just doesn't support some features though as the sites I see that use it don't have that slickness. It seems like every time a module in the back end is upgraded half of the new features stop working and getting real responsiveness across all platforms is a unrealistic dream.
It's a great e-commerce shopping cart but I want a great looking site too, that performs well, not image slideshows that don't quite load properly, a very basic looking blog and a struggle with mobile. I'm just wondering how much longer to push on with it, or if there's anything I can do. Or if 5.4 changes that much,