As others have mentioned, it depends on your experience. We were using unstructured Frame, so going from that to structured, topic-based authoring was a bit of a jump, let alone learning a new application too. I am sure if you were already working with structured authoring, CSS, etc., you could adapt to Flare quickly.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Shmuel Wolfson <shmue...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 12:19 PM To: Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) <mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com>; Framers - frameusers.com <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: [Framers] Flare Does it have a steeper learning curve than Frame? On 26-Jun-18 6:51 PM, Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) wrote: > Rick, > I still consider myself a bit of a novice in Flare since, in my opinion, it > has a steep learning curve. But Madcap offers plenty of videos and free > webinars on the basics of the software and my associates have shared many > helpful tips and suggestions, so we all have gotten through the migration > relatively painless. We have had some issues with Madcap support, > specifically when we ran into connectivity issues using its source control > option to integrate with Microsoft Team Foundation Server. They seemed to be > very hesitant to get involved thinking it was an MS issue and not a Flare > issue. We were left to handle most of these source control issues with our > companies' TFS administrators and developers. But that has been the only > blip in what has otherwise been very good support. Their reps gets back to > us with reported issues within a few hours (our support plan provides 24 > hour email support as opposed to phone support) and they are usually very > responsive and helpful in issue resolution. Overall, I am very pleased with > the application. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > <framers-bounces+mark.eichelberger=fiserv....@lists.frameusers.com> On > Behalf Of Rick Quatro > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 11:25 AM > To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' > <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing > > Mark, > > Now that you are a couple of years into it, it would be good to hear what > your satisfaction is with Flare versus FrameMaker. Thanks. > > Rick > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > r...@frameexpert.com > 585-729-6746 NEW! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers > <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf > Of Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 10:55 AM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Final note about Adobe Licensing > > All of these posts regarding Adobe's poor support/abandonment of FM are one > of the reasons why my company decided to focus on another tool and migrate > away from FM. All of the technical publications staff (including me) are now > using Madcap Flare and we have just completed a 2 year migration of all FM > documents into Flare. It was a bit sad to say goodbye to FM, but the > handwriting was on the wall. > > > Mark Eichelberger > Senior Technical Writer > Credit Union Solutions > Fiserv > Office: 1-610-233-4534 > www.fiserv.com > FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies® 2014 | 2015 | 2016 > Facebook: Like Fiserv • Twitter: Follow @Fiserv • LinkedIn: > Connect Fiserv • Careers: Join Fiserv > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
