Framemaker vs. Flare

[AJ Coots]

Hardly a conviction...simply what the sales staff told me.  

I'm an babe-in-the-woods about all this. Just hoping for some guidance
from the more experienced of you out there in cyber space.  

It looks like Flare is not very well known, even by it's own sales
staff!


A.J. Coots
Documentation Specialist
Portland, Oregon  97224-7756
 
Direct: 503 597 0765 
Internal Ext. #515
Email: aj.coots at veris.com  
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:18 PM
To: AJ Coots
Cc: jposada01 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. Flare

AJ, perhaps you'd better tell Madcap about your conviction that Flare
is their FM killer; they seem to have the wrong info on their www
site....

According to their www site, Flare is their help authoring tool. Help.
Not books, XML, DITA. Just help. FM is a much more full-featured
authoring environment that isn't designed just for help.

And concerning Blaze:

"MadCap Blaze(tm) - Your Frame Alternative

Blaze is the latest product under development from MadCap Software.
Scheduled for release early 2007, Blaze will be the ideal solution for
easily producing very long documents for print-such as books, manuals
and illustrated guides-using the latest technological advances
available. For years, authors have had to choose between ease of use
(e.g., Microsoft(r) Word(tm)) or the power to handle very large
documents
(e.g., Adobe(r) FrameMaker(r)). Now, with MadCap Blaze, authors have a
complete package: ease of use, power to create long documents,
flexibility, and an eye toward the future."

Cheers,
Art

On 8/17/06, AJ Coots <aj.coots at veris.com> wrote:
> Again...it's not Blaze it's Flare that is the contender with
Framemaker.
>
>
>
> A.J. Coots
> Documentation Specialist
>
>
>
> 16640 SW 72nd Ave.
> Portland, Oregon  97224-7756
>
> Direct: 503 597 0765
> Internal Ext. #515
> Email: aj.coots at veris.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:47 AM
> To: John Posada
> Cc: AJ Coots; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Framemaker vs. Flare
>
> And in addition to John's accurate comments, do you want to bet your
job
> and
> company on the first release of a new product (Blaze)?
>
> Or are you just talking about online help delivery with Flare?
>
> Art
>
> On 8/17/06, John Posada <jposada01 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Has anyone compared the functionality of Adobe Framemaker 7.2 with
> > > Madcap Software's (formerly Robohelp) Flare?
> > >
> > > I am trying to decide which one to go with for the
> > > documentation for my company. Framemaker seems to be the
> > > industry standard, but is Flare just as good? Any thoughts?
> >
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the FM functionality in the
> > Madcap product is, as of right now, still under very limited alpha
> > testing and has not even gone beta yet.
> >
> > Besides, and again, correct me, but Madcap's FM-wannabe is going to
> > be called Blaze, and I don't know if that's even hit alpha yet.
> >
> > So...if you are looking to implement something in the next couple of
> > quarters and want FM-type binary files, you're choice may be
limited.
> >
> >
> > John Posada
> > Senior Technical Writer
>
> --
> Art Campbell
> art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent
>                and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                              No disclaimers apply.
>                                      DoD 358
>


-- 
Art Campbell
art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
               and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                             No disclaimers apply.
                                     DoD 358