This is, in essence, the same thing Tom Carryth told me after a workshop in Nashville last month. He said "speedy's" *current functionality would be preserved*, but could wind up in one all-inclusive tool. Or, some of "simple's" access to articulations, expressions, etc., could be brought into "speedy."
Bottom line is that he really seemed to grasp the situation for long-time "speedy" users like myself (and many others on this list), and he assured me that they *wouldn't take "speedy" functionality away from us*. After our discussion I felt better. But I still feel that those who need this functionality would be wise to make their feelings known to MM. I've heard that in Finale's world, 20 is a somewhat magic number (i.e., 20 requests for the same feature). I think we should leave no doubt. So.. to sum up, the sky may be chipping around the edges, but it doesn't appear to be falling at the moment. Best, Don Hart > > dhbailey wrote: >> This indeed is very disturbing news -- why a company would take a >> (until recently) perfectly good working tool in an application, one >> which many people have grown to depend upon, and which even the >> company used to tout as the preferred tool for anything other than >> novice or very casual users, and then intentionally phase it out >> escapes my ability to understand. > > Here is a reply I got in response to my question whether they were > going to drop Speedy: > > Dear Christopher, > > Thanks for your comments. At this point no decisions have been made > for what will and what will not be done in any future version, other > than there will be future versions. I can say that any changes of > functionality like this, where tools are removed like what happened > in Finale 2008 with MassEdit, that tool's functionality will be moved > as completely as possible to another tool. We are very sensitive to > the views and work flows of our users, and we know that Speedy Entry > is invaluable to most of our more proficient users (as well as a > favorite to many of the Finale users who work here at MakeMusic). > I know that this is not a "we will never do this" answer you were > probably hoping for, but I do want you to rest assured that if > anything happens with Speedy Entry, it's functionality will remain in > the program. > > Phil H. > MakeMusic Customer Support > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
