RE: WWP in Frame 6.0

[Mike Tatro <tatro@xxxxxxx>]

Dan-

I just came back from WinWriters last week. Someone (her name escapes me)
kept beating the "single-sourcing" drum with FM and Web Works Publisher.
Personally, I was not impressed.

FYI, I write and publish hardcopy manuals and several flavors of online
help. I also create a lot of corporate intranet content. Based on what this
person kept telling me, I saw no compelling reason to use FM as my HTML
authoring environment. I'll stick with FrontPage and RoboHELP. IMHO, the
presenter was completely oblivious. She kept saying "how easy it was" to do
use FM/Web Works, then would immediately counter with half a dozen caveats
and gotchas. 

I've noticed something about *most* FM users (especially the more old school
mil spec folks)... they typically want everything to be
"FrameMaker-centric." I believe this explains why the FM add on market is so
robust. I would strongly encourage any FM users who need to author online
help and web pages to use a tool that is better suited to that task. Yes,
there will be a learning curve but it will be worth it. FM is *not* the
end-all be-all tool for every writing task on the planet.

Warmest Regards,
Michael L. Tatro
Documentation Manager
V-Systems, Inc.
tatro@vsi.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Emory [mailto:danemory@primenet.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:45 AM
> To: Free Framers
> Subject: WWP in Frame 6.0
> 
> 
> The Adobe  website states that Quadralay Webworks Publisher 
> Standard Edition
> comes with Frame 6.0. Is the "Standard Edition" the 
> top-of-the-line version
> of WWP?
> 
> Also regarding WWP, I've seen numerous complaints about Quadralay's
> documentation and technical support, and in particular, the 
> high fees for
> each tech support call. Does anyone know whether Adobe 
> intends to provide
> the tech support for WWP, or is it handed off to Quadralay, 
> with all the
> hassle involved there.
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