why is FM's UI so weird and buggy?

[quills at airmail.net]

You have to understand that even what UI experience they had with the 
Mac they threw away when they orphaned the Mac OS on FrameMaker. It's 
been solid windows since Version 8. They took the Microsoft design 
philosophy to heart and are busy fixing things that aren't broken. 
Including the UI.

The interface on all the other products, even those that support the Mac 
OS are slavishly devoted to Microsoft design efforts.

Scott

Karen Robbins wrote:
> I don't think Adobe's UI work has anything to do with Macs. In fact, it
> seems to be the antithesis of Mac UI design! :-)
>
> Recent/current versions of FM's UI (and those of other Adobe products)
> apparently do not make comprehensible use of usability research! The
> complaints I read on this list frequently point to how the bad UI
> interferes with and requires extra steps to workflow. For the complex
> projects of Adobe's target FM users, one would think that exceptionally
> efficient and intuitive workflow would be demanded and required. From a
> user's standpoint, consistency at the expense of usability is, at best,
> ineffective.
>
> As long as we keep using this (and all) Adobe products--and do so
> without creative and instructional criticism, their UIs will continue to
> be designed ineffectively. Only when users speak up with voices and
> dollars [insert your local currency here] is there a chance for the UI
> to improve.
>
> --Karen
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