Back from the meeting with the client: he's upset because he can't see what we have promised to him.
He asked: "Is this at beta stage this DPS thing?"
I said: "No, Adobe screwed the whole thing with the latest update."
Client: "Use the previous version"
I said: "No interactivity in MSOs. It's like suddenly the new version of Photoshop can't do what previous versions were able to do it but it is hard to use these old versions because we need the features in the new version".
Client: "Can we export the Folio as a standalone app and tweak them to make them work"
I said: "No, a folio does not use open-source that we can access in its binary and we are not expert in programming. It's not like HTML and JavaScript. Also you don't have the budget. Adobe creates tools only for very rich companies, the ones who can spend at least € 5,000 a year for only 5,000 complimentary downloads and with no guarantee for us, the agency, that we will have enough projects to cover the cost of the DPS contract."
Client: "Well, or you find another way to do it, or I choose another service supplier"
I said: "There are three possibilites: 1. we wait that Adobe fixes the problem but it will be too late for your project. 2. We make an iPad only version of your interactive publication and we use iBooks Author. This is free, easy and even spectacular. 3. We make hardcoded iOS (and Android) apps. But this is far more expensive."
Client: "The presentation must run on iOS and Android"
I said: "Let us think about it"
Thank you Adobe! It seems nobody in your team has real life files for testing apps before releasing them.
