RE: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides

Subject: RE: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:58:54 -0400

Yeah, and as I said, I'm nitpicking. Overall, I think their Help is
clearly written, well presented, and easily navigated by mouse or
keyboard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Lauriston
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:39 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides
>
> You're right, on a 768-pixel-high screen that's very
> bad--especially since there's no good reason to display the
> image as a rollover popup, and it's just bullet lists, so
> there's no good reason to make it an image in the first place.
>
> Maybe somebody was just overly eager to show off one of the
> program's thumbnail image feature.
>
> http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare/
>

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Re: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Examples of Great Software/Web-based User Guides: From: Robert Lauriston

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