So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

[Tim J. Slager]

I had lock-up problems with 7.2 on Win 7. I could take care of the lock-ups by running it in administrator mode, but then updating books and generating PDFs was extremely slow, so I would switch back and forth between modes. I'm enjoying 10 now.

I think it's too bad Adobe doesn't allow an upgrade from 7, and FM is pricey. But I also don't understand companies balking at buying software that, in the scheme of things, is reasonable. How many upgrades would a CEO's bonus buy? Which does more for a company's health and productivity?

tims

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fei Min Lorente
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:57 PM
To: Carrie Baker; Alan Houser
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

I'm looking at buying the latest version because our company is moving everyone to Windows 7, and FrameMaker 7.2 isn't supported on that OS. It doesn't mean it won't work, but our management prefers to play it safe.

Fei Min Lorente

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Carrie Baker
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:14 PM
To: Alan Houser
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: So how many of us are stuck with Frame 7.2?

I do not know if it is altogether a bad thing to be using Frame 7. I sort of just wanted to know that other people are also using Frame of that vintage.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Alan Houser <arh at groupwellesley.com<mailto:arh at groupwellesley.com>> wrote:
If you check the PDF properties of Apple's documentation, you will find that a surprising number are authored and published in FrameMaker 7. InDesign CS3 is also popular there.

And the TechCrunch blog recently forecast that Apple-based readers will outnumber Windows-based readers by the end of 2012.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/27/apple-versus-microsoft-share/

I know the "FrameMaker on Mac" horse was beaten to death long ago, but perhaps it's time for Adobe to consider reviving the horse...

-Alan
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On 3/1/2011 8:18 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
At 13:25 +0200 1/3/11, Carrie Baker wrote:
Are others in the same boat?
Is there any point in trying to get an upgrade to version 9, and then at a later point upgrading again?
Frame 7 on Mac here, so doubly stuck.



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