Frame 11 Appearance

[Frank Stearns]

Framers -

Glad this topic has come up.

A few months back we were invited to offer opinions to one of the 
engineers involved with UI design.

we had a 90 minute call; I came prepared with a long list generated 
after only a short stint with FM11 -- my list had most of the same 
complaints voiced in this thread, and even a few more.

Not sure how much I am able to reveal about that call (and there were 
some surprises in the conversation on both sides), but the point is 
that Adobe seems to have a genuine interest in getting this right, 
though I don't know how much momentum might be behind the UI as it now 
stands.

I tried to cover that too and suggested more user configuration 
options for the look and feel if the "standard" UI didn't work for 
people. (There are some good starts in that direction, but they do 
need to be filled out.)

I also suggested a little closer look at complaints about 
look/feel issues during beta cycles, as many of these issues had been 
brought up by beta testers.

Adobe does monitor this list, so perhaps seeing common expressions 
about the same issues adds weight. Now, that doesn't mean a "pile on;" 
I think/hope they've gotten the message. But if you do have something 
not already noted in this thread, perhaps express it briefly, tell why 
it's a problem and what would make it better.

My US$0.02. My opinions only. YMMV, etc.

Frank

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