--- Gregory Lypny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was at least a couple of years ago that I posted > to the MC list that > I thought that the (not sure of the exact titles --- > my copies are at > work) HyperCard Users Manual and Language Reference > from the original > boxed version were two of the most elegant and well > written software > manuals I had every read. I am surprised that so few > software companies > have adopted Apple's style and format or insist on > good writing from > their manual writers. Online help in general does > not come close to > the usefulness of a well written manual in > traditional print. > > Gregory >
A friend of mine is a professional documentation writer, and he told me once that a number of companies explicitly tell him to not make the docs too clear, as they want customers to pay for support questions. Companies that are not looking to turn their tech support into a profit center, will do their best to provide good manuals ; now if you look at the vast amount of information in the Revolution docs, all you can say is : I wish I knew where to start looking. But that is just one of the many items that are being addressed with Rev 2.5 Jan Schenkel. ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution