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- From: Michael_Nolte@k.maus.de (Michael Nolte)
- Subject: Re: Geneva Help
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:02:00 GMT
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- Warwick:
- >>Does anyone still object to using ST-Guide?
- > Not me. I've had enough of playing Devil's Advocate.
- It's got nothing to do with playing Devil's Advocate. Actually I couldn't
- care less which program will be the standard online help system. There's
- just one thing, that can't be pointed out often enough:
- People should have a right to choose.
- Don't make a single *program* the standard!
- Make a standard for infomation exchange and a list of features that have
- to be implemented.
- If we do it like that, then all programmers will know what they have to
- stick to, and we won't be dependent on one programmer.
- >Developers who provide documentation that can only be read by ST-guide
- >are supporting it much more than a donation would.
- I agree. Needless to say more.
-
- Guillaume Lairloup:
- >I won't release a commercial software with an online help system in
- >english. We need to be able to translate every message of STguide in
- >every language.
- I agree. Leaving out important languages disqualifies anything from
- becoming a standard.
-
- BTW IMO several people overestimate the usefulness of an online help
- system. I used to demonstrate Digital Arts software at a lot of shows in
- Germany and I always had to deal lots of users who weren't exactly happy
- with the fact, that Digital Arts had supplied an online help system put a
- poor printed manual. Obviously people really wanted a book to read. I was
- even asked several times by users if would write a book about DA's Vektor,
- so that they could get rid of the online help system.
- I'm not saying that online help is useless, but sometimes a real manual
- can be better.
- MfG Mike
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