On 2013-Apr-04 2:05 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
Maxwell,
...
Second, and particularly given much of the discussion here lately, that you would even THINK of putting this in a “next release” fills me with a sense of utter contempt and disgust. Have you not absorbed the many, MANY comments from many, MANY people, both here and elsewhere, complaining that releases 10 and 11 look much more like bug fix releases then true version upgrades, and that the UI “improvements” dumped upon us all in version 9 are not improvements at all, in many ways, and break down constantly? Or are those comments just not part of “we take your needs very seriously”?
I have to agree. The complaints about the Stalinesque GUI and the unworkable pod scheme began immediately on the release of FM 9, and have been totally ignored in two subsequent releases. It seems sadly clear that Adobe's claim of listening to FM's end-users is lip service only.
...
We don’t need “more UI improvements”, you all have “improved” the UI far too much, far too miserably already. ... After all, is not the point of FrameMaker, in significant part, to enable us to work more efficiently and productively than all those Word users ... We need our shortcuts back. ALL of them. We need WHATEVER UI you send our way to work … first time, every time, no matter what. If your developers don’t know how to manage pods, then get rid of them and create something simple … that works. (These are obviously just two examples, not a working list.)
It pains me deeply to have to admit that since "upgrading" to FM 9 and 10 (via TC$), my productivity has dropped significantly. No, it's still not as bad as "digging to China" in Word's 9-level deep dialogs, but too many steps have been taken in that direction. (Another example: it used to be enough to change a graphic's dpi by clicking "Set" in the Graphics Scaling dialog box. Now we also have to remember to find our way back to the Object Properties pod and either click "Apply" or press tab enough times to focus on that button and then press Enter. Slow, cumbersome, retrograde "improvement.")
So … in the words of Capt. Picard, “Make it so.” Evangelize INSIDE the company, do whatever it takes, just get it done.
I second the motion. -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@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.
