Re: QUESTION: Moving from WinHelp to HTML Help

Subject: Re: QUESTION: Moving from WinHelp to HTML Help
From: Stephen Forrest <techwriter -at- IBM -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:02:53 GMT

At 08:45 AM 11/4/97 -0600, Leslie McKendry-Smith wrote:

>Yes, I beleive that HTML Help is trendy. <rant>It seems to me that HTML
>Help is being pushed on us by Microsoft before it's ready and being picked
>up by developers who are more interested in the lastest technology than
>producing readable documentation in a usable interface.</rant>

You are right that HTML Help is at a very early stage of development, and
may not be ready for prime time. Also, are you aware that there is a
competing HTML-based help format, called NetHelp, being developed by
Netscape? This is technology that bears watching. It seems certain that
things are moving in that direction. I just don't think the ground is firm
yet, and I would not jump on this bandwagon now without a compelling reason.

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