Robert Patterson wrote:

> I have recently completed a conversation with Makemusic to the effect that
Allow Redraw Interrupt is gone for good on both platforms. Not only is this
amazing to me. (It reflects an utter incomprehension of how Finale's users
actually have to use the program.) It is also a bitter disappointment,
because for large scores the new features simply are not worth the
(approximately and not-at-all exaggerated) ten-fold increase in redraw
times.
>
> It may mean that I'll switch completely to the Win platform as well, just
to be able to keep running Fin03. But thankfully, that decision is at least
a year or two away.
>
> It is hard for me to imagine how Finale can continue to attract customers
if its developers are willing to confiscate such a fundamentally necessary
feature.

Agreed!  I seem to recall it was introduced back in the Finale 2.0 or so
days when it was necessary because of slow redraws.  How disappointing that
thirteen years later, we're back in the same boat.  Finale is one of the
only applications I can think of in which each new version is fundamentally
and signficantly slower than the one before (maybe Word is another example).
I'm running a G4 800 MHz and 2004 OSX is close to unusable for large
orchestral scores.

Why would they get rid of a feature which helps?  What's the point?  Is it a
technical issue?

The only good thing about all of this is it's forcing me to stick with
Finale 2002 running in OS 9 on my current computer - solves the GAS (Gear
Acquisition Syndrome) temptations with the G5s.

Matthew

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