From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Jef, you reading along? You ever try Sibelius for your work?
quite recently (for fairly straight-ahead, "beethoven notation"), some things impressed me, notably of course the implementation of house styles. some things bothered me, like not being able to adjust individual articulation assignment positioning. all in all, i ended up subcontracting a job because i don't have the time (or rather won't take the time at the moment) to learn to use sibelius at the level i can do with finale. but i had to piddle enough with it to be able tell the guy i subcontracted to change settings according to my prefs.
and wow were layout changes fast! i wasn't able to control/alter the layout as fluidly as i would have liked, but saw my colleague working with it and was quite impressed.
hopefully some interesting times lie ahead... maybe now is the time for some good old-fashioned software wars, MM needs a serious kick in the ass as far as i'm concerned. although admittedly i had the same hopes when sib3 came out.
i'll say it again (as others have as well), it's fine for us to bitch here on the list, but for real action it is important to contact and pressure MM to address finale's notational and programming and UI shortcomings.
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