RANT: FM 9.0 -

[Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHDB]

Why Adobe would want to emulate Microsoft is beyond me. What's next, a
dancing paper clip?

We actually purchased 9.0 then down-graded (yes, you can do that) to
FM8. High volume shop, NO time for an (un)learning curve.

Are there any menu-to-ribbon road maps that one might recommend?
Eventually, a CMS upgrade will force us to go the FM9. 

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:36 AM
To: Venkat; Bill Swallow
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: RANT: FM 9.0 -

I was cranky about it at first, but I got used to it.

Nadine

--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Bill Swallow <techcommdood at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: RANT: FM 9.0 -
> To: "Venkat" <venkat.partha at gmail.com>
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 10:27 AM
> > Can these behavior be changed. I
> do not want dialogs to be persistent. I do
> > not want the "Not Applicable" element as the first in
> any selectable list.
> 
> I don't know. You may need to take some time to wade
> through maker.ini
> and see if there's anything in there that can be changed.
> 
> > IMHO, the changes made in FM9 are just eye-candy and
> do not add anything to
> > the whole experience of working with Frame Maker. In
> fact, I find it a bit
> > of a chore to use it.
> 
> I agree with this. Jumping into FM9 after having used FM
> for roughly
> 12 years was a bit of a surprise. While I didn't have time
> to poke
> through every feature, I had difficulty wrapping my head
> around the UI
> for conditional text (I'm still fuzzy on the order in which
> selections
> need to be made in the UI in order for things to "stick").
> Granted I
> was in the "UI changes are not necessary" camp from the
> beginning -
> because the tool worked very well, as ugly as it may have
> been - but I
> think too much time was spent upgrading the UI and not
> enough time was
> spent use testing with veteran users.
> 
> Just as with the MS Office ribbon, one should not have to
> completely
> relearn how to use software after a UI update. The same
> logic,
> keyboard shortcuts, and expected behavior should be
> maintained.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Swallow
> 
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