RE: [Fwd: FM 8 Announcement]

Subject: RE: [Fwd: FM 8 Announcement]
From: "Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>
To: "'Gordon McLean'" <Gordon -dot- McLean -at- GrahamTechnology -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:09:23 -0700

> Behalf Of Gordon McLean

<...>

> I'll hang off on any more comments but I'm surprised that
> Adobe didn't try
> and make FrameMaker feel a little more like "one of the
> family". It's still
> very much the ugly cousin in the corner. Yes yes I know,
> functionality is
> what counts but surely productivity would be gained if they did some
> tweaking/redesigning of the UI. Ohh I hear the phrase "not
> cost effective"
> echoing through the mailing list... ;-)
>
> Gordon
>

I've been in environments where technical writers were referred to as the
"red-headed step-child." Wouldn't "the ugly cousin in the corner" pair well
with the "red-headed step-child"? I hear an off-key waltz playing
somewhere.

Lauren

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