[Closed] FrameMaker 7.x/8 Feature Requests

Mac folks, I recommend you write a letter to Adobe directly. Electronic pleas (e-mail, etc.) are cheap and, in here, probably unnoticed.

Cheers,

Sean

OS X version native please! I don't want to use Virtual PC on my Macs.

1. OS X version (Carbon or Cocoa, none of this Classic stuff ... it is the only 9-app I use)
2. Full Unicode support

native FrameMaker for MacOS X -- even a carbonized version (as with Acrobat 5) would be immensely helpful....will need classic no more, and will run much much much faster

Keith:
1) You can, unless we're thinking along different lines.
3) Building blocks have always been where they are, and will probably remain there. But for overall look, like font, tab positions, and so on, they are connected.

1. Drag-sizing capability for resizing tables and table cells. The current method is an enormous pain in the butt.

2. In Find/Change utility, the same selections on the 'change' side as on the 'find' size. The lack of being able to mass-change tags is another enormous pain.

3. In the TOC tags, end the separation between the "HeadingTOC" tags and the reference page specifications. Make it possible to change both in one operation.

Adobe does glance at these forums on occasion. Raising your voice here (and through other channels) does not hurt.

Unfortunately, I still feel Adobe has ditched FM on the Mac side of the world.

The one and only feature request I have is that FM runs on OSX. I could care less about any other changes. OSX is the operating system on the Mac, not classic.

OSX.

I support CAD systems for roughly 150 chip design engineers in a small division of a Fortune 100 company. We are currently converting our entire computing environment of over 500 systems from Solaris to Linux. The lack of a Linux-friendly version of your product is giving us a tremendous headache.

We respectfully request that Adobe either resurrect the Linux version of FM, or that Adobe work with Codeweavers, Inc. (http://www.codeweavers.com ) to make the Windows version 100% operational under their "Crossover Office" product.

Our decision will influence the bigger divisions of our corporation with a couple thousand engineers each since our conversion is ahead of the theirs.

PLEASE DON'T FORCE US TO THE DARK SIDE ... M$-Word/M$-Visio is not our
friend.

That actually sounds like it would be a good fit. Clearly, Framemaker seems like a product that no longer fits Adobe's portfolio of products. Macromedia has always been more interested in "e-learning" (see Authorware). With their recent pruchase of e-help, itseems like Framemaker would be a nice fit to have a complete suite of products targeted to the Techical Writer/Educator.

We have no alternative to FM... May be Adobe can sell FM to Macromedia? ;o)