Hi, Sayed My FM roots began with v. 2.0 on Mac! Thanks for the link to the FM - Affinity comparison at fixthephoto. I found its information unhelpful from a user's POV.
More power to you for having the ability to use major tools like LaTeX! Hoping to hear from Böðvar on his Affinity experience. On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 3:01 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <[email protected]> wrote: > I have no real clue about Affinity, but you may find this interesting: > https://fixthephoto.com/adobe-framemaker-vs-affinity-publisher.html > > For me, I switched to LaTeX (for my technical documents) after FM12 when > the pricing/upgrade costs went berserk (IMHO), and from InDesign (minimal > use really) and Photoshop to various Xara tools - now integrated into their > Designer Pro lineup. > > The price is right for those replacement tools, and they do exactly what I > need from them. With rational licensing and upgrade prices! > > YMMV, of course. > > Z > > Pardon my harping on these in a FrameMaker mailing list ... I feel that as > an early adopter of FM (version 1.3, as I recall, on a Sun 3/50 back in > 1988), I have earned the right a bit, I hope! 😊 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Böðvar Björgvinsson > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:44 PM > To: framers <[email protected]> > Subject: [Framers] FM 10 on a new computer. > > Hello all you great people! > > Sorry for the (Adobe) rant. > > Due to my laptop's old age I found myself needing a new pc, a desktop this > time. All is well with everything but Adobe FM. I recently tried to install > my FM12 which I had lost any info about, and got a categorical No Go from > Adobe Support (contradiction in terms). > > However I managed to install my FM 10, legally bought with CD and all (for > two computers but only one using it at a time) and got it set up and > working OK. Only, when I tried to use it again, I got a message that it > needs activation with Adobe. I ended up contacting Adobe online support who > finally sent me an update and everything went well—for the time being. > > Now, some 10-15 days later I started FM10, only to find that it wanted > activation with Adobe and I had 15 days until it would not be working at > all. At first it said, no Internet. Then it said I was connected and I > tried and I got the message that I had no internet connection and would > have to try again (and some other variation and try again. > > The recommended webpage is of little or no help. > > So finally I contacted Adobe online support. It took them approx. 90 > minutes to figure it out. The product was too old for their databases. I > gave the guy access to my PC and he started digging. Finally I had to > uninstall and reinstall the FM upon which he sent me some kind of update > (license key, probably) which he didn't manage to obey, and the same all > over again. Then I remembered the update (TCS3) which he installed and then > the other update and all went well. He told me he had given it a new > license key (serial number) registered to my name. I hope for the best! And > I really recommend those guys on the Adobe online support. > > But I think I am permanently giving up on Adobe. Nowadays they seem only > to want your money. And a lot of it. Working now on probably my last FM > project. > > Going for Affinity from now on, which seems fabulous software. > > That's all for now. > > Kind regards, > Bodvar > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > 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 [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected]
