Comments on: Flare, RoboHelp, and FrameMaker (updated)

By: theMonkey

theMonkey — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:55:18 +0000

Flakey -

The rumor is that the next “big” release from Adobe re: Frame may include an Intel-Mac friendly version. They’re getting ready to support products, including Photoshop and Framemaker, for Intel-based Macs:
http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=20451

By: Flakey Foont

Flakey Foont — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:53:53 +0000

Hey, what about Adobe ending FrameMaker support for the Mac?

This needs to be mentioned.

Thanx,

~~~Flakey Foont

By: CG

CG — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:31:57 +0000

Scott said the same thing before the previous chataqua. Based on his numerous posts in practically every possible FrameMaker-related forum, it seems very likely that he is paid for PR work by the organizers.

By: theMonkey

theMonkey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:19:50 +0000

Hi Bill, I know exactly what you mean. Such a robust product, yet so frustratingly "old." You wrote: >>Adobe clearly has the resources to update Frame, but clearly, too, has no interest in doing so.<< BTW: Scott over at the Content Wrangler has a post that says Adobe will be making a big announcement at the upcoming FrameMaker conference.

By: Bill Hagen

Bill Hagen — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:46:23 +0000

It’s pathetic how Adobe has not updated the user interface for Frame in all the years it has owned Frame. Just one thing I’ve wanted to see is drag-and-drop cutting and/or pasting, which every modern program has. There are so many ways Frame–which is a great product–could be made simpler, easier to use, and more productive. Adobe clearly has the resources to update Frame, but clearly, too, has no interest in doing so.

By: theMonkey

theMonkey — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:20:29 +0000

Thanks for the correction, andyr. Good eyes – it went right by me that Hamilton and Hu have the same initials. I’ll fix it.

By: andyr

andyr — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:17:31 +0000

You might want to make it clear in the upper part of the post that MH is not Mike Hammilton (on the quotes).

By: andyr

andyr — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:16:41 +0000

This is very interesting. Although it seems almost too conspiritorial to be true. I popped a post onto this RoboHelp forum to see if anyone could corroborate it.

I could imagine a large software house having these sorts of problems, but it’s hard to think they wouldn’t be able to get it going again.