Re[2]: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Peter Ouwehand
Hello Allister Jenks, on Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:13:40 +1300 (2003-12-25 02:13:40 in .nl) in the message with reference you [AJ] wrote (at least in part): AJ> If it were done properly, I would pay probably anything up to half AJ> the price of the software again to obtain it.

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Allister Jenks
Hello again folks, Some nice, and considered, feedback to my thoughts. Following which I suggest that if it takes extra time/effort for RIT Labs to produce a real help file, then maybe it could be made a chargeable extra. I am all too aware of the 'cost of doing business' and maybe it is because

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Chris
On Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at 4:24:25 PM, rich gregory wrote in the message "TB! documentation poor" <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > For me I have been trained to not even try the help screens after so > many years of exceedingly bad documentation from so many products. I &

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread rich gregory
AJ> Personally, I have learnt MS Office and many other software packages AJ> without any kind of formal training and mostly by RTFM. So where it the 'fine' manual, anyway. THAT I would spend my money on! -- Rich Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread rich gregory
AJ> Some topics do not appear to be covered at all - at least not where I AJ> expect to see it. Some of the text is excellent and with superb detail, AJ> and some is actually embarassing in its inability to convey the meaning. AJ> I have learnt MS Office and many other software packages without an

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Jack Morrison
Wednesday, December 24, 2003, 1:00:22 AM, you wrote: > I don't believe I would be able to make use of TB! as much as I do > without this list and I really hardly even scrape the surface. It's > a powerful piece of software, but that power is buried. "I second that emotion." > How many out there

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Simon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Allister, On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:00:22 +1300 your time, you said: AJ> How many out there would be prepared to may more for the next AJ> version of TB! if a comprehensive, structured help system were AJ> provided? Well I hope that no

Re: TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread William Moore
Hello Allister Thank you for your email dated Wednesday, December 24, 2003, 7:00:22 AM, in which you wrote: AJ> How many out there would be prepared to may more for the next version of AJ> TB! if a comprehensive, structured help system were provided? Maybe there's an opportunity for a third-part

TB! documentation poor

2003-12-24 Thread Allister Jenks
Hi Batters, Breaking from the 'underwhelmed' thread to pursue a specific issue, I have to agree with the original poster that TB!s help is quite shockingly bad. I've been in IT for about 16 years now and TB!s documentation is unique in my experience. Most software documentation falls into one of