Maybe it's time for someone to build a whole new mousetrap. Nadine
--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Jeremy H. Griffith <jeremy at omsys.com> wrote: > From: Jeremy H. Griffith <jeremy at omsys.com> > Subject: Re: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2? > To: "'Framers'" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 5:24 PM > On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:23:06 -0500, > "Rick Quatro" <rick at rickquatro.com> > > wrote: > > >I agree with Scott. For me, FrameMaker 8 is the gold > standard. It supports > >Unicode, > > I agree.? I use FM 8 myself, and our pubs manager uses > 7.0. > If you don't need Unicode, there's no reason to go past 7. > And if you do need Unicode, there's no reason to go past > 8. > > >but is not encumbered by the new interface and slow > performance of > >FrameMaker 9 (the Windows Millennium version of > FrameMaker :-)). FrameMaker > >10 is better than 9, but, as Scott said, only upgrade > if you need some of > >the new features. > > *What* new features???? The majority of those claimed > are, IMHO, hype.? Some don't work at all (the "new" > CMYK > support), others (like DITA) are far better supported by > much less expensive third-party software (DITA-FMx). > > And one of the elephants in the living room is that there > is *no* FDK support for the new UI, making it very hard > for any third-party app to play nice with 9 and 10.? > The > FDK still has the docs for 7.0, the last time any real > engineering occurred, IMHO.? You know, before they > fired > the surviving staff from Frame Tech so as to make more > money by outsourcing "development" to India.? > <sigh/> > > I'm just sad that the product I've appreciated, supported, > and recommended since version 3.0 has come to this... > > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > ? <jeremy at omsys.com>? > http://www.omsys.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. >
