Frame vs. Quicksilver - Please help me save Frame
Lester C. Smalley
lsmalley at infocon.com
Thu Jan 19 07:48:33 PST 2006
One point that I haven't seen mentioned yet is the ability to customize
the tools.
FrameMaker has a robust SDK, plus FrameScript, dzBatcher, FrameAC, and a
wide variety of available plug-ins/scripts to perform a myriad of tasks.
While many similar tools may exist for Ileaf/Quicksilver, a comparison
of costs will be very revealing.
And if customization is needed that is not already available from
third-parties, what will it cost to program the desired capability?
Compare a scripted solution (e.g. FrameScript), a DLL plug-in for Frame
(C programming via the FDK) and Ileaf/Quicksilver using their Lisp-based
programming language.
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006 04:21 PM, Sims, Joseph wrote:
| The company I work for uses Frame, Interleaf and Word in
| three separate offices. (PC version) Management has requested
| that we create a uniform style for documentation starting
| now. They're expecting us to share content and presumably
| document templates. In my opinion, all of us should use
| Frame, but the Interleaf users have dug in their heels. It's
| become a non-constructive us vs. them conflict. As a result,
| I need to come up with a list of business reasons why
| Interleaf is not the correct choice for the company.
|
| I know of several from prior discussions on the list, but need more.
|
| 1. IL to PDF conversions can be less straightforward than
| Frame to PDF conversions. Does IL generate bookmarks?
| 2. Translation memory tools don't support IL, dramatically
| increasing costs.
| 3. Interleaf/Quicksilver/Broadvision corp. is far more likely
| to end up in Chapter 11 than Adobe.
| 4. Frame is more widely used and offers greater compatibility
| with the rest of the publishing world.
|
| Does anyone have any additional words of wisdom? Particularly
| ones that can have costs assigned to them?
|
| Thanks,
| Joe
- Lester
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