I have no real clue about Affinity, but you may find this interesting: https://fixthephoto.com/adobe-framemaker-vs-affinity-publisher.html
For me, I switched to LaTeX (for my technical documents) after FM12 when the pricing/upgrade costs went berserk (IMHO), and from InDesign (minimal use really) and Photoshop to various Xara tools - now integrated into their Designer Pro lineup. The price is right for those replacement tools, and they do exactly what I need from them. With rational licensing and upgrade prices! YMMV, of course. Z Pardon my harping on these in a FrameMaker mailing list ... I feel that as an early adopter of FM (version 1.3, as I recall, on a Sun 3/50 back in 1988), I have earned the right a bit, I hope! 😊 -----Original Message----- From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Böðvar Björgvinsson Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:44 PM To: framers <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer. Hello all you great people! Sorry for the (Adobe) rant. Due to my laptop's old age I found myself needing a new pc, a desktop this time. All is well with everything but Adobe FM. I recently tried to install my FM12 which I had lost any info about, and got a categorical No Go from Adobe Support (contradiction in terms). However I managed to install my FM 10, legally bought with CD and all (for two computers but only one using it at a time) and got it set up and working OK. Only, when I tried to use it again, I got a message that it needs activation with Adobe. I ended up contacting Adobe online support who finally sent me an update and everything went well—for the time being. Now, some 10-15 days later I started FM10, only to find that it wanted activation with Adobe and I had 15 days until it would not be working at all. At first it said, no Internet. Then it said I was connected and I tried and I got the message that I had no internet connection and would have to try again (and some other variation and try again. The recommended webpage is of little or no help. So finally I contacted Adobe online support. It took them approx. 90 minutes to figure it out. The product was too old for their databases. I gave the guy access to my PC and he started digging. Finally I had to uninstall and reinstall the FM upon which he sent me some kind of update (license key, probably) which he didn't manage to obey, and the same all over again. Then I remembered the update (TCS3) which he installed and then the other update and all went well. He told me he had given it a new license key (serial number) registered to my name. I hope for the best! And I really recommend those guys on the Adobe online support. But I think I am permanently giving up on Adobe. Nowadays they seem only to want your money. And a lot of it. Working now on probably my last FM project. Going for Affinity from now on, which seems fabulous software. That's all for now. Kind regards, Bodvar _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
