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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I’m with Scott on this one.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I do have my gripes about some of the FM interface (I’m still using 10 but will upgrade to 12 as soon as WebWorks supports it), but in general, I’ve found
the pods and tearaway catalogs useful. I use two monitors, one in portrait mode for my content, and one in landscape mode for all of the dialogs. Works well and keeps my working area clean.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Adobe is paying a lot of attention to its users. I’ve had direct contact with the Adobe development team based on comments made here and in the Adobe forums
– they are listening. Bear in mind that FrameMaker is not the only product Adobe sells and some of the changes made were to make FrameMaker more consistent with their other products. You may consider this approach misguided but it’s corporate policy and almost
certainly beyond the control of the Adobe team.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Keith</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Prentice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 30, 2014 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: making stuff unconditional in FM12</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Aw .. c'mon .. that's a bit harsh, don't you think?</span><br>
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I'm not a fan of the "new" (since FM9) UI either, but personally attacking the people behind the current product really isn't fair. The current team developing FrameMaker *is* very interested in customer feedback, and does listen. (And it's certainly not the
programmers' faults .. they implement the features they are told to.)<br>
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The new UI is a significant change from the old standard, but can be tamed if you're willing to spend the time to learn how to make it do what you want. There are training videos and other info about setting up workspaces and other features, and with FM12,
they have fixed most of the missing keyboard shortcuts (I believe). I totally agree that there are some frustrating aspects to it, but that's the new world of UI design. If you don't like it, stick with FM8. No one is forcing you to upgrade (although they
do encourage it).<br>
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As for XML editors .. I think you'll find that XMetaL is considerably lacking when compared to FM. Especially if you're planning on generating PDFs .. you'll either need to take a step back on your formatting and layout, or you'll still need to use FM for PDF
publishing. (But I am biased .. I'll admit that freely.)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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...scott<br>
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