We're using FrameMaker 7.1 on XP with SP3. I've been offered the opportunity to upgrade at work. The wikipedia summary of Frame 8.0 says "FrameMaker 8 introduced Unicode, Flash, 3D and built-in DITA support. A patch (8.0.1) was released during November, 2007 to fix a number of bugs and errors."
For my purposes, the Unicode support is a beautiful thing. Did you derive other benefits that the wikipedia summary does not mention? Did 8.0 make a big difference to you? (We are cautious about 9.0, don't want to struggle with a buggy interface.) Thanks. --Nancy