[Free Framers] With Apologies to RJ - just can't quite feel the love or embrace this FM9 interface

[Jon Harvey]

........And don't forget about the 'Reset Workspace' option just in case
things get out of hand.

 
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 10:01 AM
To: Spectrum Writing
Cc: FrameUsers List
Subject: Re: [Free Framers] With Apologies to RJ - just can't quite feel
the love or embrace this FM9 interface

When you have a file open, on the upper right corner of the screen by
the
min/max/close icons, don't you have a pull-down menu? Probably says
Default?

If you do, just set up your workspace the way you want it, pull down the
menu and select Save Workspace....

Art Campbell
         art.campbell at gmail.com
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and a
redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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apply.
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Spectrum Writing <
info at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:

>  The horrendous amount of real estate that these blasted pods take up
is
> just mind-boggling and it appears to be all or nothing.  Either the
pod has
> to be open all the way or you can "iconize" the view, neither of which
is a
> feasible solution. The interface I would like, as "antiquated" as it
might
> be is one that mimics ghosts of FM past - you know, having the
paragraph
> designer open as a list of the tags, the character designer open as a
list
> of tags, etc.
>
>
>
> I have watched RJ's video on customizing the workspace, and all that
is
> shown is the "completely open" or "iconized" version. Unless it was
just
> inadvertently left out of the presentation, there appears to be no way
to
> get the "in-between" version - just the lists please.
>
>
>
> Has anyone figured out a way to get this "in-between" appearance of
the two
> most basic pods - paragraph and character designer or am I stuck with
> Adobe's almost eerily "we are like Microsoft approach" - that is, we
give
> you what we think is best and too bad if it isn't?
>
>
>
> Sorry RJ - just can't quite embrace this new interface - after using
it for
> a few days now, I would rather be embracing a stiff drink and a
handful of
> aspirin!
>
>
>
> TGIF!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tammy Van Boening
>
> Owner/Principal
>
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
>
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
>
> info at spectrumwritingllc.com
>
>
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