Some suggestions for DPS Folio Builder and Producer...

Aside from some speed improvements, these tools fall short of a decent production system. Some improvements would be good for 2015.
• red light / green light on wether an article in the folio builder needs updating.
• put the order of the Kicker and the Article Title in the order it appears in the app (in Folio Producer) (i.e.: Kicker first!).
• frequently after signing in to the Folio Builder, Indesign 'hides' itself and the finder appears. Irritating! Doesn't crash InDesign, just hides it in the dock.
• On leaving the Folio Builder for a period, and then tapping on it - say after one hour dormant, it crashes InDesign, regularly.
• it would be great to drag and drop several articles in Folio Builder and be able to move them. Currently only one at a time seems to work.
• show a small thumbnail in the article of the indesign page (instead it shows a white page)
• in 'article properties' KICKER should be at the top to replicate where it displays in the HUD. So many people get mixed up with this.
• it would be great to change the name of an article by clicking on the name - not having to change 'article properties' - the same way that MSO names can be edited
• would also be good to select the various options for articles in the FB by holding down CTRL or ALT
• have an option to 'UPDATE ALL' in the drop down options in FB
Just some ideas - these would all help greatly.
Dave

I'd love to see native widgets in the Folio Overlays window like in Muse (or Twixl) for Google Maps, Youtube and others.
Also more transitions for slideshows, and better image resolution for PDF articles (108ppi or 72ppi for graphics, depending on what you're doing, isn't enough for my clients).

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