[RANT] Aiiiee. There are so many regressions in Fin12 compared with Fin08, leaving aside the transposition issues.
1. The removal of staff-lines from Staff Styles. What kind of non-musician does it take to think that the number of staff lines has anything to do with the instrument that is playing, other than a loose correlation? Putting a flute cue in a bass drum part is now a much bigger pain, especially since it can no longer be copied and pasted. 2. The re-introduction of a bug that was fixed in Fin06 or Fin07 that clicking the forward or backward page arrow occasionally skips more than one page. I feel like I've reverted 7 or 8 years every time it happens. If only I felt 7 or 8 years younger at the same time, I might forgive MM. 3. The requirement to do stack selections for a host of copying actions that simply should not require them. This was actually a regression introduced in Fin08. 4. The removal of Mass Mover selection capabilities (also a Fin08 regression). I can't tell you how many times I am trying to do a precise measure selection and end up selecting a tie, slur, or expression instead. Curses! 5. The removal of note-attached expressions. Admittedly I think this will be less a problem with a new project. Right now I am working on a project that I imported into Fin12 from Fin08, and the expressions situation is a nasty quagmire. (I imported because I must have the Unicode features of Fin12. I was using EPS files for Japanese text in Fin08, and it was a buggy nightmare when it came to printing. At least Fin12 has solved that.) I blame myself partly: I could have been more active in the beta programs for all these versions. But honestly to what extent is it incumbent upon users who are busy themselves to help a software company get things right? And there is no guarantee that MM would have listened anyway. [/RANT] Now resuming regularly scheduled programming... _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
