>>I think it is very common for software users to rise just to the level of competence where they can do their tasks and never progress beyond that level.
Isn't that a derivative of the Peter principle? -Gillian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whites Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:19 AM To: Steve Rickaby Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hidden frame It might be humorous - and informative at the same time - if some Framer were to make a compilation of such horror stories. Being made aware of bad practices can be helpful - even to those of us who are (we hope) less incompetent. My favorites were a pair of manuals I inherited from a colleague who complained incessantly about the "bugs" in FrameMaker. She was maintaining two completely separate 100-page manuals, identical in every respect except for the fact that the file paths in one contained backslashes for Windows users and the other contained forward slashes for Unix. And just to make the two manuals more laborious to maintain, EVERY index entry sported a pair of directly adjacent markers - one for <$startrange> and the other for < $endrange>. When this particular writer left the company after a downsizing, I inherited the books in her office. Not surprisingly, her FrameMaker manual had never been opened. I think it is very common for software users to rise just to the level of competence where they can do their tasks and never progress beyond that level. Will White One Lambda Inc On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:24 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > > Its author has seriously not 'got' the idea behind master pages. It > left me wondering how much of the 'FrameMaker is antiquated' > arguments stem from this sort of level of misunderstanding about > how an application works. > > -- > Steve _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
