Tyler Turner wrote:
Flexibility only works in Finale's favor if the implementation always makes
> it clear what the BEST method is in a given situation.
It just sickens me to see one MM employee or ex-employee after another
try to justify what is plainly a bull-headed, arbitrary, and
user-underestimating decision. I have yet to see a single actual, you
know, *user* argue that we only need 4 staff lists. I've seen some say
they can live with it, but that's hardly a ringing endorsement. (It will
only last until the day they *can't* live with it.)
Clarifying usage is a far cry from feature confiscation.
Drag-apply is a very poor substitute for staff lists. Conversely, staff
lists are a poor subtitute for drag-apply. They each have their
different uses, and the Fin09 implementation has (successfully in my
view) clarified the distinction.
All the more reason the arbitrary limit of 4 staff lists is pure feature
confiscation.
Finally, I would remind Tyler that some of the worst abuses of staff
lists were caused not by Finale's users, who may not collectively be so
stupid as it seems MM gives them credit for. Rather, many of the worst
abuses of staff lists were apparently caused by a bug in Fin08.
--
Robert Patterson
http://RobertGPatterson.com
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