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It appears to be a typo. The Help system it's from has a 2004 copyright.
> So what's up with this? I've heard that Macromedia was scrapping
> RoboHelp but these descriptions of new product features in X6 suggest
> otherwise. But that could all be on hold because of the merger with
> Adobe.
Unless they rehired a development staff, I can't see how RoboHelp's
development survived the spring.
> With all of the new security being imposed on browsers (XP sp2 and
> .chm) and plugins (Flash Reader 8), it's hard to predict which types
> of help formats will be easily accessible to our users. I think we, as
> tech writers should be very concerned that these decisions are being
> made by corporate types who don't appreciate user needs.
I think we, as tech writers, should validate why these decisions are
being made before we assume it's because corporate types don't care
about user needs.
> I was never a Flash evangelist, but it seems to me that right now
> Flash has the best development basis to provide secure access to
> media-rich help files. Attached is a technical doc about where Flash
> is heading. At least they're dealing with it. Personally, I hope they
> bring us into their fold. But they won't do it unless we keep after
> them.
I have no idea what you mean by "bring us into their fold". Flash has
been around for quite some time and has been a tool used by tech
writers since its debut.
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