Zoom Level Settings in FM 11

[Stuart Rogers]

On 2013-Apr-04 2:05 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
> Maxwell,
>
...
>
> Second, and particularly given much of the discussion here lately, that
> you would even THINK of putting this in a “next release” fills me with a
> sense of utter contempt and disgust. Have you not absorbed the many,
> MANY comments from many, MANY people, both here and elsewhere,
> complaining that releases 10 and 11 look much more like bug fix releases
> then true version upgrades, and that the UI “improvements” dumped upon
> us all in version 9 are not improvements at all, in many ways, and break
> down constantly? Or are those comments just not part of “we take your
> needs very seriously”?

I have to agree.  The complaints about the Stalinesque GUI and the 
unworkable pod scheme began immediately on the release of FM 9, and have 
been totally ignored in two subsequent releases.  It seems sadly clear 
that Adobe's claim of listening to FM's end-users is lip service only.

>
...
>
> We don’t need “more UI improvements”, you all have “improved”
> the UI far too much, far too miserably already. ...
>
> After all, is not the point of FrameMaker, in significant part, to
> enable us to work more efficiently and productively than all those Word
> users ...
>
> We need our shortcuts back. ALL of them. We need WHATEVER UI you send
> our way to work … first time, every time, no matter what. If your
> developers don’t know how to manage pods, then get rid of them and
> create something simple … that works. (These are obviously just two
> examples, not a working list.)


It pains me deeply to have to admit that since "upgrading" to FM 9 and 
10 (via TC$), my productivity has dropped significantly.  No, it's still 
not as bad as "digging to China" in Word's 9-level deep dialogs, but too 
many steps have been taken in that direction.  (Another example: it used 
to be enough to change a graphic's dpi by clicking "Set" in the Graphics 
Scaling dialog box.  Now we also have to remember to find our way back 
to the Object Properties pod and either click "Apply" or press tab 
enough times to focus on that button and then press Enter. Slow, 
cumbersome, retrograde "improvement.")


>
> So …
>
> in the words of Capt. Picard, “Make it so.” Evangelize INSIDE the
> company, do whatever it takes, just get it done.
>

I second the motion.


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