********** > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:00:06 -0800 > Subject: Re: Menu manager/switch problem > From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I remember how hard it was for me to learn SuperCard when I came from a > background in HyperCard, and years later how hard Ken, Christopher Watson, > and myself worked to deliver one of the most comprehensive sets of docs for > an authoring tool ever at the time, only to find how hard it was even after > we delivered them for folks to readily find everything they needed. With > complex systems like authoring tools, experience is the best teacher. ----------snip > If you plant a seed today and pour ten thousand gallons of water > on it, you still won't have a tree tommorrow. ---------- Very well put. ----------snip > In nearly evry case, I'll stake my reputation on the assertion that the > topic is covered in Jeanne's docs. ----------snip You've put it very well, Richard. The snipped parts in this post are worth reading in yours, and I'd encourage anyone new to Rev to read it. I apologized to Jeanne...I'm aware of her thoroughness, too. I think I was just too long at the machine trying to "pour ten thousand gallons of water" on the seed.
I find online docs difficult to deal with because they cover up the work, and I end up trying to toggle the docs off and on, back and forth, which is time consuming. I have never had to do that so intensively before because there was always extensive printed manuals available for HC, and I could just leave them open to the page while I read and worked the scripts. I do have my old PB onboard which I maybe able to use for docs reading, but it's too slow and doesn't seem to have enough memory to run the docs. Another alternate way would be to have a dual monitor output where I can move the docs windows onto another monitor. Is anyone else doing things that way? Best regards, Ken N. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
