Kinda like the Star Trek movies..
Does anyone here remember Aldus? The company that made SuperPaint and PageMaker before Adobe bought ’em out? Well, PageMaker made it to version 7 recently, despite the fact that InDesign 1.0 was released a couple years ago… Whatever happened to InDesign? In school, we all eagerly awaited it as the ‘Quark-killer.’ Does anyone know why Adobe would keep developing PageMaker with InDesign still around? I just remember ID having a stronger feature set than QuarkXpress or PM.
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I think PageMaker is being developed still because InDesign is not *actually used* in the industry. Sure, lots of Service Bureaus bought it but they still simply do not recieve InDesign files (ask danie)… the designers dont use it. Its Quark or PM. (or even sometimes FrameMaker still — for pagination)
Personally, I still prefer to use Illustrator (multiple files if I need multiple pages) for any print work I do. (as rarely as that is)
I think 808 is right on — InDesign wasn’t compelling enough to switch from QuarkXPress or PageMaker. Look for InDesign to go the way of Apple’s Cube.
They are all sub stanadard pieces of shit. I used pagemake for a little while, my files seemed to get corupted every other day. Like you said nobody support ID. Quirk you have to spend an ass load on extentions just to function. Freehand is your savior, does everything, support is a littl weak, but you can get around it.
I still use pagemaker 6.5 and have no great plans to upgrade. It just works! Any fancy stuff I make in photoshop, or illustrator and put it into pagemaker. I would use indesign, but why put tons of money into something when what I have I like.
Basically, the theory behind ID is amazing (dynamic applets loading in real time to process new data), but in the end, it’s just a slow slice of a crap sandwich. We use PageMaker down at the paper where I work, and even though it couldn’t blow more cock if it tried, it’s the industry standard (fuck Quark, it’s blows dicks two at a time). And InDesign is just expensive, too new, and too slow to use regularly. Just my 2 cents.
I think PageMaker is being developed still because InDesign is not *actually used* in the industry. Sure, lots of Service Bureaus bought it but they still simply do not recieve InDesign files (ask danie)… the designers dont use it. Its Quark or PM. (or even sometimes FrameMaker still — for pagination)
Personally, I still prefer to use Illustrator (multiple files if I need multiple pages) for any print work I do. (as rarely as that is)
I think 808 is right on — InDesign wasn’t compelling enough to switch from QuarkXPress or PageMaker. Look for InDesign to go the way of Apple’s Cube.
They are all sub stanadard pieces of shit. I used pagemake for a little while, my files seemed to get corupted every other day. Like you said nobody support ID. Quirk you have to spend an ass load on extentions just to function. Freehand is your savior, does everything, support is a littl weak, but you can get around it.
I still use pagemaker 6.5 and have no great plans to upgrade. It just works! Any fancy stuff I make in photoshop, or illustrator and put it into pagemaker. I would use indesign, but why put tons of money into something when what I have I like.
Basically, the theory behind ID is amazing (dynamic applets loading in real time to process new data), but in the end, it’s just a slow slice of a crap sandwich. We use PageMaker down at the paper where I work, and even though it couldn’t blow more cock if it tried, it’s the industry standard (fuck Quark, it’s blows dicks two at a time). And InDesign is just expensive, too new, and too slow to use regularly. Just my 2 cents.