Re: [WinMac] Re: Quack
Darryl Lee(lee[at]darryl.com)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:55:40 -0800 (PST)
Well, i'm no desktop publisher. But i remember back in the day's when
i aspired to be one (maybe 5-6 years ago), Pagemaker was still
considered a "starter" DTP program.
That is to say, Quark was the first to innovate with features that
_publishing professionals_ needed. i'm not sure, but something about
large multi-paged documents. Indexing them. Things like that.
Now this of course is based on 1) only knowing Pagemaker, 2) being
completely and utterly befuddled when confronted with Quark,
3) hearsay, and a rapidly fading memory.
Friends that _were_ in desktop publishing swore by (and probably at)
Quark. But like it or not, it seemed to be the standard for "serious"
publishing.
i wouldn't be surprised if Pagemaker now matches Quark feature for
feature and is maybe more stable. i always liked it, probably
because the interface was so easy-to-use. And hey, look at the rest
of the Adobe line, solid performers like Photoshop and Illustrator.
(Never got much into Freehand.)
But i think that early on, they were leapfrogged by QX in the features
war (can you say "checkbox item?") and for better or worse, now Quark
appears to own the market.
But hey, i'm not in the publishing market at all. This is just a
wannabe's view. >:}
(Pagemaker was always plenty powerful for the one to four page
newsletters, brochures or flyers i was working on.)
--Darryl
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