For better or worse, and until it completely fails (which it hasn't), I'm still with FM 10.0, having started with version 5.5 back in 1998. -- Ken in Atlanta **************************
On Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12:41:15 PM EDT, Harding, Dan <dhard...@illinois.edu> wrote: YIKES! This reinforces my notion to stay with my perpetually licensed 15.x. The entire subscription/profile-based model is user-hostile IMO. -Dan -----Original Message----- From: Framers <framers-bounces+dharding=illinois....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Alan Houser Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:27 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: [Framers] New Adobe Profiles - Business, Personal Just so you know that "you're not alone" ... I have a customer who is totally locked out of FrameMaker because of this issue, during a critical project period. They are not happy. -Alan On 9/23/21 11:13 AM, Sue Thomson wrote: > Hi folks > > I use FrameMaker (as part of Technical Communication Suite), and a number of > Creative Cloud apps (mainly Illustrator but I also use others occasionally) > all day. I usually run FrameMaker and Illustrator at the same time, switching > between them tens of times during the day. > > I recently updated FrameMaker from v16.0.2 to 16.0.3. When I restarted > FrameMaker I was prompted to choose an Adobe Profile. The choice was Business > or Personal. There was no way (that I could see) to progress without making a > choice. > > I had not heard of these profiles before so I looked at the guidance on the > page and chose Business. > > Oh, boy! How I wish I had not updated FrameMaker. These profiles are causing > me no end of trouble. > > Our IT department has been talking to Adobe, and IT tells me that Adobe says… > TCS and FM are only available under Personal profile, Creative Cloud apps are > only available under Business profile. > > This means that now, every time I want to switch between two applications > (which have been running perfectly happily, side-by-side, for years), I have > to sign out of one profile and sign back in under the other profile. The > applications, of course, close each time I sign out. If I don’t change > profiles, then either FrameMaker or Illustrator (depending upon how I am > signed in) claims to be a trial version, with a countdown. > > Oddly, if I right-click on an image in FrameMaker I still get the same old > choices to edit the image – i.e. Illustrator and Photoshop are still on the > list of options. > > Has anyone else come across issues with these new profiles? Am I missing a > trick somewhere? > > I’ve been using FrameMaker, on-and-off, since v7.2 but this change is making > me re-evaluate my tools. I’m seriously wondering if it is time to give up on > Adobe and switch to something more useable. > > Sue Thomson MISTC > Senior Technical Author > Specialist Radio Frequency > > > [Description: cid:image001.jpg@01D5D132.0EDB9820] > > Ultra Intelligence and Communications > A8, Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, > Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0LX, United Kingdom > T: +44 (0) 1252 512 951 x 5644 > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ultra.group/ultra-ewst__;!!DZ3f > jg!u-g3BUHk3rKNku0pmd_YQiGrDsBQc-RV1Do2Jjs6iXz1krH5h9XY1uhxYUdPP7Pj9DQ > $ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ultra.group/ultra-ewst__;!!DZ3 > fjg!u-g3BUHk3rKNku0pmd_YQiGrDsBQc-RV1Do2Jjs6iXz1krH5h9XY1uhxYUdPP7Pj9D > Q$ > > > ________________________________ > Disclaimer > Ultra Electronics Holdings plc is registered in England and Wales, company > number 02830397, whose registered office is at 35 Portman Square, London W1H > 6LR. > -- Alan Houser Group Wellesley, Inc. 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