Ok. I agree. Bug fixes are important. Or better - only to bring new functions into Finale if they are bug free. (Can't remember any)...;-)
BUT - Linked parts are working *quite* fine for me and are a lot better than "extract parts". The engraver slurs may be unconsistent but hey - remember the times you had to fine-tune *every* slur "by hand"? (I do) I *really* miss the file compatibility most because I do a lot of stuff in teams - projects for choir, for band, and it was so much easier if we could exchange and open our files instead of relying on PDFs and starting from scratch, or going through the pains of using midi files (they ARE a pain if you have to use them with Finale). It would be *so* nice if you could just open it on any computer having an adequate software running, as you can with "doc"-file or power-point-files, or PDFs. That would be the sign of real professionality for me. While I find most of the "new" stuff of the last 10 years not important for my work, it is certainly significant that Make Music (Coda) do/did not do their homework. At the moment there don't even exists a "Finale Notepad 2008", so nobody but Finale 2008 users can use my files. And I would like to open it in every PC, MAC, PocketPC, Cellular Phone, Windows Mobile, Linux, Unix, Next, Atari, Amiga and Commodore C-64. Nah, sorry, I'm just being frustrated - I'm contended if I can open them on any actual PC or Mac using Finale or Sibelius. Kurt -- |\\ |// /| Kurt Gnos http://www.gnos.org / |_ Alte Baarerst. 1 Tel. /Fax +41 41 710 61 73 ( (| \\ CH-6300 Zug Mobile: +41 79 460 59 37 \_|_// Switzerland E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \\/ > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Darcy James Argue > Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. September 2007 21:31 > An: finale@shsu.edu > Betreff: Re: [Finale] Wishlist for Finale 2009 > > I definitely concur, provided "bug fixes" includes "finishing the job > on Linked Parts." > > Finale has many good features that are half-finished or incompletely > implemented, but that is by far the most frustrating one because it > is potentially so very useful. I still can't quite believe it got no > attention whatsoever in Fin2008. > > Cheers, > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn, NY > > > > On 18 Sep 2007, at 1:50 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: > > > I completely agree with Johannes here. I haven't moved up to 2K8 > > and I'm not going to until the bugs are fixed. That decision > > doesn't bode well for me and Finale, and I know it, but so be it. > > I'm wrestling with a lot of file corruption in 2K7 and it's > > frustrating. I don't want any more new features. Just make what > > we have work, and work correctly. > > > > J D Thomas > > ThomaStudios > > > > On Sep 18, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > > > >> All I want in the next version is bug fixes. Bug fixes. Bug fixes. > >> > >> And that means not only the things that don't work, but also the > >> things that seem to work, but then don't when you need them most. > >> Engraver slurs for instance. > >> > >> Johannes > >> -- > >> http://www.musikmanufaktur.com > >> http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> Finale@shsu.edu > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
