RE: Technical Writing Suite From Adobe
Bill: sell into the Academic publishing market And into the commercial publishing non-fiction market! Then publishers can stop using dumb Cindex and Sky Index to produce indexes that don't embed in the source text and have to be done all over again when they (a) publish the illustrated edition, (b) publish the paperback edition, (c) produce a revised edition with new matter, (d) license the publishing or translation rights, or (e) do anything that changes the page breaks and screws the index locator numbers. Using IXgen to edit or translate the index while preserving all index entries no matter how pages break has got to be a plus. Trouble is, the outsourcing and cottage-industry nature of publishing means all those freelance copy-editors, typographers (book designers), and indexers would all have to purchase FrameMaker, whereas EVERYBODY has Quark Express, InDesign, and Word. Sob! Hedley -- Hedley Finger Technical Communications Tools Processes Specialist MYOB Australia http://myob.com/au P.O. box 371 Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia 12 Wesley Court Tally Ho Business Park East Burwood VIC 3151 Australia mailto:hedleyDOTfingerATmyobDOTcom Tel. +61 3 9222 9992 x 7421, Mob. (cell) +61 412 461 558 © MYOB Technology Pty Ltd 2006 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?
Look inside my FrameMaker crystal ball. Can you see what I see? It's a bit foggy, but if you concentrate for just a minute, an amazing new product will come into focus. It's a technical writers dream come true ... www.thecontentwrangler.com Scott Abel Content Management Strategist The Content Wrangler, Inc. 3421 Crystal Lakes Court Sarasota, FL 34235 941-359-3416 abelsp at netdirect.net www.thecontentwrangler.com
A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?
But what would be *new* about it, except for existing products being bundled together? This may be beneficial for someone just starting out, but for those of us that already have a couple of the products, buying the bundle will likely be more expensive than buying the missing pieces. And bundling the software doesn't mean that they work in an integrated fashion like the Creative Suite products. Look into your crystal ball and see if you can see a major upgrade of FrameMaker. Then I will be interested. BTW, I was disappointed in the way Adobe priced the original Creative Suite. I was a licensed user of InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat, but I couldn't jump in at a reduced price because I didn't have the full version of Photoshop. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Look inside my FrameMaker crystal ball. Can you see what I see? It's a bit > foggy, but if you concentrate for just a minute, an amazing new product > will come into focus. It's a technical writers dream come true ... > > www.thecontentwrangler.com > > Scott Abel > Content Management Strategist > The Content Wrangler, Inc. > 3421 Crystal Lakes Court > Sarasota, FL 34235 > 941-359-3416 > abelsp at netdirect.net > www.thecontentwrangler.com > ___
A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?
A few flaws in this "vision"... One, RoboHelp for FrameMaker was discontinued long ago and even though the source code is now in Adobe's hands, they have a significant chunk of it to either fix or toss and rewrite. RHFM was clunky, a resource hog, slow as molasses, and buggy, and had very little chance of truly getting off the ground. I'd say Adobe is heading in the wrong direction if they are seriously considering a FM+RH solution for tech writers. They should be focusing on XML processing and conversion and not bother with UI tweaking baloney. Well, that's my opinion, anyway. So was this an Adobe announcement or some odd speculation by The Content Wrangler? Did the Content Wrangler actually have supporting info on this? I didn't see much real meaty content there on his site at all. Given that, I'll treat this as bunk until I see some real info. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?
Total and utter speculation by "The Content Wrangler" without any announcements, leaks (credible or otherwise), or other evidence to back it up ... > -Original Message- > From: lists.frameusers.com > On Behalf Of Bill Swallow > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:14 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe? > > A few flaws in this "vision"... > > One, RoboHelp for FrameMaker was discontinued long ago and > even though the source code is now in Adobe's hands, they > have a significant chunk of it to either fix or toss and > rewrite. RHFM was clunky, a resource hog, slow as molasses, > and buggy, and had very little chance of truly getting off the ground. > > I'd say Adobe is heading in the wrong direction if they are > seriously considering a FM+RH solution for tech writers. They > should be focusing on XML processing and conversion and not > bother with UI tweaking baloney. Well, that's my opinion, anyway. > > So was this an Adobe announcement or some odd speculation by > The Content Wrangler? Did the Content Wrangler actually have > supporting info on this? I didn't see much real meaty content > there on his site at all. Given that, I'll treat this as bunk > until I see some real info. > > -- > Bill Swallow
A Technical Writing Suite From Adobe?
That's what I thought. GIGO. On 4/25/06, Dov Isaacs wrote: > Total and utter speculation by "The Content Wrangler" > without any announcements, leaks (credible or otherwise), > or other evidence to back it up ... -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
