Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
RE the good ole days when men were men and software was innovative. What we're witnessing is a natural part of any innovative curve. Back when FrameMaker first made waves, you could subscribe to three different magazines that printed monthly articles about new and interesting software.

RE: Training materials for Structured FrameMaker 9

2010-04-26 Thread Alison Craig
What about taking this one step back? I'm the lone writer in my organization and any innovations have to be led by me with a damn good case for ROI, e.g., moving from Word to FrameMaker was a 2 year process (budget is the main reason I have to over-prove my case). As I have less than a year's

Utility for Book-Level Searches for Tracked Text Edits

2010-04-26 Thread mbradley
Is there a utility/plug-in that does book-level searches for tracked edits in FM 8? It's darned annoying to have to open and search each file separately. = Mike Bradley www.techpubs.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Alan T Litchfield
So Chris, If we extend your prehistoric analogy, Adobe has become like the semi- stationary sauropod who's legs are so vast that it must stand in one place and swings its great neck to reach the greenest morsels. The reach of its head and mouth are limited to the extent and range of

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Hey Chris, No, no sarcasm intended at all. Just a view of the proto-organic business medium. For the likes of me, well I guess I am no better than one of those small mammalian creatures trying to break into the acorn of my future, in the hope that my efforts aren't thwarted by some big

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread quills
On 4/26/10 7:07 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: And with desktop software. The next wave (you heard it here) is servers and services. Currently, the software innovation I'm aware of is in managing networks, whether managing an array of devices and applications, streams of financial data, or

FDK: Creating an async client on windoze

2010-04-26 Thread DA
Hello Framers, it's been a few years since I've read posted to this list. I've started a new position, and am back to using frame, so have rejoined the list, which has been a great resource in the past. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to play with the FDK again to learn more about Frame

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
RE the good ole days when men were men and software was innovative. What we're witnessing is a natural part of any innovative curve. Back when FrameMaker first made waves, you could subscribe to three different magazines that printed monthly articles about new and interesting software.

Training materials for Structured FrameMaker 9

2010-04-26 Thread Alison Craig
What about taking this one step back? I'm the lone writer in my organization and any innovations have to be led by me with a damn good case for ROI, e.g., moving from Word to FrameMaker was a 2 year process (budget is the main reason I have to over-prove my case). As I have less than a year's

Utility for Book-Level Searches for Tracked Text Edits

2010-04-26 Thread mbrad...@techpubs.com
Is there a utility/plug-in that does book-level searches for tracked edits in FM 8? It's darned annoying to have to open and search each file separately. = Mike Bradley www.techpubs.com

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
Hmmm... Do I sense a touch of sarcasm? In no less sarcaustic a vein, I would counter with this... Technical writers using desktop software are like trilobites, fairly numerous denizens of a vast and murky sea that is about to undergo a major geologic event. Scuttering about at the bottom of

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread qui...@airmail.net
On 4/26/10 7:07 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: > And with desktop software. The next wave (you heard it here) is servers and > services. Currently, the software innovation I'm aware of is in managing > networks, whether managing an array of devices and applications, streams of > financial

FDK: Creating an async client on windoze

2010-04-26 Thread DA
Hello Framers, it's been a few years since I've read & posted to this list. I've started a new position, and am back to using frame, so have rejoined the list, which has been a great resource in the past. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to play with the FDK again to learn more about Frame