Experts/Wizards/Whatevers (was Deathly Exaggerations)

Subject: Experts/Wizards/Whatevers (was Deathly Exaggerations)
From: Aahz <aahz -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 00:26:40 GMT

In article <199410031532 -dot- IAA17829 -at- infinity -dot- c2 -dot- org>,
Richard Mateosian <srm -at- c2 -dot- org> wrote:

>Let me expand on points one and two by saying that I believe that there are
>more significant paths through the software and more relevant interactions
>of features than you could possibly include in a 1000-page manual in 9-point
>type. Therefore, it seems to me, that (1) you can't learn (meaning
>understand completely) the software (meaning all of its features and
>interactions) from a manual, and (2) it's only going to get worse as
>programs get bigger and more complex. ...RM

I don't think that on-line help, per se, can do any better than a paper
index combined with See Also references in the text. The true advantage
of on-line "help" can best be seen with the new Expert/Wizard features;
many of these newfangled tutorials actually work with data you supply,
so you can learn while accomplishing something useful.
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