FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question

[De Rosier, Edward]

Keith,

In my opinion, the ribbon is not any better than menus that use drop-down lists.  In most instances (for me), the ribbon is less intuitive than drop-down menus, and I frequently struggle to find specific commands.  My tired old eyes prefer larger fonts and images, but the ribbons take up a lot of screen real estate compared to a single row of menu items.  Why not offer drop-down menus that can be pulled away as free floating and dockable pods?

All software house should provide an interface option that allows users to get all of the new features (in any specific release) with a choice of interface options:  menu driven choices, ribbon choices, pod choices, keyboard commands, etc. 

And, of course, they should not rearrange the location of various commands unless those commands were truly in odd locations previously.  Marketing decisions often seem to override functionality in favor of glitz and glitter.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Soltys [mailto:keith.soltys at tmx.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 10:11 AM
To: De Rosier, Edward
Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question

> I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy.  Oh well ...

Ha! Just wait until they add the ribbon interface like they just did in RoboHelp 2015. `

Regards
Keith

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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of De Rosier, Edward
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:33 PM
To: Craig Ede
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM12 Transparent Graphics PLUS New Question

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the information.  It is interesting that CMYK and RGB choices make a difference in the internal handling of graphics by FM.

The failing keyboard commands have been going on for several months now, and I make sure the caps lock key is not on.  I have been learning workarounds, even going so far as to saving a file with special characters (e.g., non-breaking hyphen) so that I can copy and paste.  I have even used the search and replace to use the "\+" to replace regular hyphens.

The problem is seriously annoying.  FM was extremely stable before Adobe added the new interface with pods.
 I don't mind the new interface, but I would prefer stable and predictable to fancy ... especially unnecessary fancy.  Oh well ...

Thanks for your input,

Ed