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Subject:Re: FW: WinHelp 95 help approach From:Jane Bergen <janeb -at- ANSWERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Jan 1996 17:24:33 +0000
> Win95. Full Text Search.
> Now you can find everything.
> Loryn
So you may wish..... My pet peeve is a help file without a browse
button. It leaves no control whatsoever to the user and is so #$%^
frustrating that I almost refuse to use it. Especially if there is no
ability to do a full text search.
> Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but I like to use manuals. I feel like
> I've got more control over what I'm looking for: I'm not at the whim
> of some on-line help *designer* to determine which links are
> important.
Me too. And what's worse is when you can't GET TO the stupid help
file because you can't get the program to open. Fortunately for most
programs, you can just double-click the .hlp file and get some
relief, but of course no context-sensitive help if there is no
context.
Jane
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Jane Bergen, Technical Writer
janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com or janeb -at- airmail -dot- net
"The difference between the right word and the
almost right word is the difference between lightning
and the lightning bug" (Mark Twain)
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