New Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 and new AdobeeLearning Suite

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Alan...

1) It does seem a bit slower than FM8 (which was slower than FM7.x, and 
so on), but not bad at all.
2) As far as I know, all of the keyboard functionality is still available.
3) Saves to FM8 (document) and FM7 (MIF)
4) I'm not sure what you mean about the per license cost. In order to 
deploy a Help system using AIR, you'll need to invest in a digital 
certificate ($200 to $300 USD), but that's all. The AIR technology is 
open source and freely available (you can download the AIR and Flex SDKs 
and build your apps).
5) Yes!
6) Not sure .. ?

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Alan Litchfield wrote:
> Looks good. The demo is well worth the time.
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> Couple of observations:
> 1. It seems to be fairly slow in response. Maybe that was just the  
> computer being used, but one would think that a demo would be created  
> to minimise those kinds of things. Even Photoshop seemed quite fast by  
> comparison. Is it sluggish?
> 2. It seems very clicky, I am hoping the keyboard commands have not  
> been lost or changed excessively. One of the min reasons I use FM is  
> through having the ability to virtually leave the mouse alone while  
> chunking through a 600-odd page book.
> 3. There was no mention of backwards compatibility. Will it save to  
> V7.*?
> 4. Interesting to see the integration with Adobe AIR. Do many people  
> use it - it is very expensive at some NZD70000 per license?
> 5. The new pdf review workflow looks seriously cool!
> 6. The TechCom suite looks thoroughly integrated. Will having FM on  
> its own lose some of those features, like the integration with Acrobat  
> and Photoshop? Already having both negates the value of buying the  
> suite you see.
>
> Alan
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> Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS
> AlphaByte
> PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140
> http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
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