Thumbs down: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

[Kelly McDaniel]

Window position and size is a property of the (Windows) operating
system. These properties are exposed in the API, but Adobe has not coded
to them. Lexmation offers RestoreWindows ini and dll.

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:42 AM
To: Diane Gaskill; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Thumbs down: FrameMaker 9 Welcome Screen

> I also do not like the fact that FM9 opens a book file on the left
side of
> the FM window and its huge and docked.  The last thing I need is to
have a
> book file take up 1/3 of the screen.  It's also VERY annoying to have
to
> shrink it and move it every time I open it.

Clicking on the double arrow above the book file tab shrinks the file to
a 
button that's pretty small.

> This is a total waste of my
> time. The book file needs to return to the screen in whatever size and
> position it is saved in, just like FM8 and previous versions. They
have 
> made
> FM considerably less productive by forcing somebody's idea of "pretty"
on
> everyone.

Interesting. No version of FrameMaker ever remembered the size of the
book 
file window for me. I always had to resize it larger. In FM9, the
default 
window is tall enough that I can see the whole tree in the book file
without 
resizing. I like it-- though I find the window to be wider than
necessary. 
It extends about an inch to the right of the rightmost icon in the
header 
bar.

Mike Wickham


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