Flare isn't structured. The topic source is XHTML. On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) <mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com> wrote: > As others have mentioned, it depends on your experience. We were using > unstructured Frame, so going from that to structured, topic-based authoring > was a bit of a jump, let alone learning a new application too. I am sure if > you were already working with structured authoring, CSS, etc., you could > adapt to Flare quickly. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shmuel Wolfson <shmue...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 12:19 PM > To: Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) <mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com>; > Framers - frameusers.com <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Flare > > Does it have a steeper learning curve than Frame? > > > On 26-Jun-18 6:51 PM, Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) wrote: >> Rick, >> I still consider myself a bit of a novice in Flare since, in my opinion, it >> has a steep learning curve. But Madcap offers plenty of videos and free >> webinars on the basics of the software and my associates have shared many >> helpful tips and suggestions, so we all have gotten through the migration >> relatively painless. We have had some issues with Madcap support, >> specifically when we ran into connectivity issues using its source control >> option to integrate with Microsoft Team Foundation Server. They seemed to >> be very hesitant to get involved thinking it was an MS issue and not a Flare >> issue. We were left to handle most of these source control issues with our >> companies' TFS administrators and developers. But that has been the only >> blip in what has otherwise been very good support. Their reps gets back to >> us with reported issues within a few hours (our support plan provides 24 >> hour email support as opposed to phone support) and they are usually very >> responsive and helpful in is sue resolution. Overall, I am very pleased with the application. >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Framers >> <framers-bounces+mark.eichelberger=fiserv....@lists.frameusers.com> On >> Behalf Of Rick Quatro >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:25 AM >> To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' >> <framers@lists.frameusers.com> >> Subject: Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing >> >> Mark, >> >> Now that you are a couple of years into it, it would be good to hear what >> your satisfaction is with Flare versus FrameMaker. Thanks. >> >> Rick >> >> Rick Quatro >> Carmen Publishing Inc. >> r...@frameexpert.com >> 585-729-6746 NEW! >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Framers >> <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf >> Of Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 10:55 AM >> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. >> <framers@lists.frameusers.com> >> Subject: Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing >> >> All of these posts regarding Adobe's poor support/abandonment of FM are one >> of the reasons why my company decided to focus on another tool and migrate >> away from FM. All of the technical publications staff (including me) are >> now using Madcap Flare and we have just completed a 2 year migration of all >> FM documents into Flare. It was a bit sad to say goodbye to FM, but the >> handwriting was on the wall. _______________________________________________
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