i have just started slamming my head against the wall coming back to finale after months away from notation. fun times. crashes whenever trying to access wizard (from menu or start-up window), meaning i can't use/define/access document styles. on the finalemusic.com downloads page i can't select the version (menu is visible but not accessible) and the search for finale updates doesn't seem to work. i also can't log in as an "existing online customer". is their site jammed?
just getting started with finale 2008 things that i had never used before. so i don't have much to say about the documentation, but one thing stands out IMMEDIATELY.
it is absolutely unacceptable to force users to use IE on windows and safari on mac. many people use other browsers and today it is irresponsible to code only for one specific browser per platform (which i assume is the reason for this approach). there are relatively simple scripts that any professional web designer knows of to detect browsers and display content accordingly.
i abandoned safari earlier this year because it is really slow and lacks too much functionality that i can get directly or with add-ons in firefox.
i know of no other programme that does not respect the user's own system-wide settings for default browser and other programmes.
IE in particular has for years ignored many www standards that most other browsers have agreed to follow.
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