Upgrade to Frame 8?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

David Tinsley wondered: <<I am evaluating a trial version of  
(unstructured) Frame 8 with a view to updating from Frame 7.0. My  
initial finding is that version 8 offers me no significant  
improvement over version 7.0, certainly not enough to warrant the  
whole team upgrading.>>

I'm not using Frame, but speaking as an editor, the new revision- 
tracking tools might justify the upgrade all by themselves. If you do  
heavy editing, the "compare document" feature simply isn't an  
efficient way to work. It's like using a typewriter instead of a word  
processor. Needless to say, if you're satisfied with your current  
process, that's not a compelling argument.

My standard advice to potential upgraders (for any software, not just  
Frame) is to ask yourself the following two questions:
What problems do I really, truly, desperately need to solve?
Will the new version solve those problems?
If you don't have any problems you can't live with, there's no need  
to upgrade. If you do have problems but the new version won't solve  
them, ditto.


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