Re: [Query] Your Experience(s) with AuthorIT

[William Gaffga <WilG -at- GibbsCAM -dot- com>]

On another list I mentioned I was looking at AuthorIT as a transition  
option from FM for Mac, thinking that if I need to move to PC, why  
not re-evaluate our tools. One list member replied that 6 months ago  
they tried a 4 license pilot project in AuthorIT, to check out the  
app. They found that AuthorIT performed poorly in a network  
environment but was fine for small projects with a single author,  
which I found very surprising considering this is supposedly one of  
AuthorIT's strengths. Also, they found that AuthorIT's PDFs are text  
& graphics only, it cannot produce hyperlinked PDFs under any  
condition. This makes it totally unsuitable for cross-references.  
LAstly, the support was poor. They had some suspected bugs and  
AuthorIT could not reproduce the bugs because they did not have a  
networked testing setup. Once they made a networked environment they  
found and fixed the bug. This also really surprised me considering it  
is sold as a networked product. The poster on the other list  
suggested I wait a few years until they had a more stable and usable  
product.

All of this is second hand so take it as you will.

Will.
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