If you moved on from Encore, what are you now using?

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  • #3552
    Avatar photoJLN
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    Don hasn’t abandoned us… he’s facing up to the many problems that many developers are currently experiencing…
    as a beta tester, I can see some of these problems…

    #3554
    Avatar photoArievilof
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    We all have problems. But Don should explain himself to his customers. I think that when he does (if he does), he will no longer have customers. They will all have migrated. I am very disappointed with him. Overture 5 is a true work of art. But it lacks functional refinement. It fails more than a shotgun with continuous crashes. Absurd collisions. It doesn’t work well in XML imports and exports… and more. The list of bugs and improvements to be made, no need for me to say it. Don himself has them listed in the improvements and adjustments he has to make for the “next” (if there is one) version of Overture. I’ll help myself for now, but the improvements are much needed. Don’s silence seems disrespectful to me.

    #3556
    Avatar photoMike Mullin
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    Disrespectful? You are not at a first world supermarket. (Although you sound like you are) If creating a modern notation program on two operating systems was easy even you could do it! Wait your turn like everyone else….

    #3557
    Avatar photoArievilof
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    As you wish. But Don is digging his own grave. The customer is not a sheep of the flock. Don’s attitude of “despising” his customers (even deleting critical comments from the forum), seems to me a notorious lack of empathy and sensitivity.
    Of course, Don has ensured the exodus of Overture users to other products, except for a few exceptions of unconditional followers who accept a specific situation, which for others is unacceptable.
    Because of my age, I am not going to make a move, but I think that younger users will think about it. Overture is a great program and some will hope that its development will be continued. But, let’s be realistic: Four years have already passed! And there is practically no hopeful news.
    What a pity. For my part I’m going to leave the kind discussion, because I think you and I are at the antipodes of the perception of how a serious company should behave with its customers.

    #3558
    Avatar photosherylmc
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    An update: I purchased and have been learning Dorico 5. Yes, it’s not the same as Encore, and yes, it has a learning curve, but so did Encore. And like mentioned above, I’m sure Encore 6 will be a rewrite with a learning curve too. My 1st Dorico project was accomplished in about 3 hours, and the printed score looks very nice. — While we are all waiting for Encore 6, leaning something new might not be as terrible as we think it will be.

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