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Subject:RE: Online or print for SDK material? From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:23:22 -0500
Online, definitely.
If it's online, they can copy and paste the code samples. If it's print,
they have to retype them.
If it's online, they can have the work window open and the SDK window open
and go to town.
If it's online, you can update it easily and ensure people have the most
current copy.
Don't even THINK of doing it in print.
Not that I have a preference or anything ...
John G
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stevenson, Rebecca [mailto:Rebecca -dot- Stevenson -at- workscape -dot- com]
>>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 4:06 PM
>>To: TECHWR-L
>>Subject: Online or print for SDK material?
>>
>>
>>
>>We're going to be doing our first SDK shortly. I'm going to
>>try to pry a preference out of the part of our user base we
>>have access to, but they're not the most communicative bunch.
>>While I gird for the struggle, I was wondering if anyone here
>>had experience that would back up or destroy my gut feeling
>>that users of this material will primarily do so online? Lots
>>of reference stuff, code samples, the kitchen sink....
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