You should post this where it has a chance of doing some good, on the Adobe forum. My understanding is that Frame 9 was developed entirely overseas, safely away from anyone who might give them adverse but useful feedback.
It's a big company thing to do: play up the window dressing without fussing too much with anything else. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Venkat <venkat.par...@gmail.com> wrote: > <This is a long mail> > > Hello, > > I have just migrated to FM 9.0 yesterday and IMHO, am finding the UI a pain > to use. Some of the issues that I am having are: > > 1. When using structured interface, using F8 to select a character style > creates a new element of the same type at the point where the style has to > be applied. > > 2. When using F8 to apply the Default Format in FM8, we just used to select > F8 and then press the <Enter> key. This is not possible in FM9 as there is > an entry "Not Applicable" as the first entry in all the lists. > > 3. Dialogs persist and do not behave as required. For example, take the > "Anchored Frame" dialog. When I want to insert an image in my document, I > use an element "Image". This by default inserts an anchored frame and the > "Anchored Frame" dialog box is displayed. However, when I click the <New > Frame> button in the dialog, the frame is inserted but the dialog box > changes to the edit mode and retains the focus. > > My definition of the "Image" element inserts the "Image Title" element below > the image when I press the <Enter> button again. This action is now gone for > a toss as I have to close this persistent dialog to get focus back to the > document. This has slowed me down considerably as I work mostly with the > keyboard. > > My question is > > Can these behavior be changed. I do not want dialogs to be persistent. I do > not want the "Not Applicable" element as the first in any selectable list. > > IMHO, the changes made in FM9 are just eye-candy and do not add anything to > the whole experience of working with Frame Maker. In fact, I find it a bit > of a chore to use it. > > Regards, > Venkatesh Parthasarathy, > Senior Technical Writer. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > First Do No Harm > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as dr_go...@pobox.com. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dr_gonzo%40pobox.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- ============ Steve Johnson, dr_go...@pobox.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.