[Framers] Oh for the Good Old Days

[rick at rickquatro.com]

It seems like most software programs have a "golden version" before feature
bloat or performance decline. For me, FrameMaker 8 was that version. Good
performance, especially with FrameScript and acceptable Unicode support.
Don't get me wrong, there are some things to like about recent versions, but
I loved the simplicity of the pre-Adobe interface.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-729-6746
rick at frameexpert.com
http://www.frameexpert.com/store



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From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:31 AM
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Subject: [Framers] Oh for the Good Old Days

Hello Framers

The last time I used FrameMaker in anger (to typeset a book) was six years
ago. I did it in FrameMaker 7 for Mac, under Classic, on a 2003 Apple Mac.

Just recently I fired up FrameMaker 12 (the most recent version I have or
ever will have) to typeset a simple document. Oh my, what a hassle! Try as I
would I could not get paragraph formats to 'stick', or to override paragraph
formats that the app seemed to have unilaterally invented for itself. Even
importing formats from a 'good' document didn't work. And now that my
eyesight is poorer, I searched in vain for a setting to make the text in
pods bigger. Or a way to get them to stay on the left side of the screen, as
I'm left-handed.

This is absolutely not a request for assistance, just a howl of regret for
what was. I took FrameMaker 7 on Mac to the level of setting up a
semi-automated structured writing environment for a team of authors, the
documentation for which ran to 70+ pages. I am heartily glad I don't have to
do anything like that in a current version. (And yes I know that FrameMaker
12 is far from current, but from what I've read here things are little
better now.)

--
Steve
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