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From: Michael_Nolte@k.maus.de (Michael Nolte)
Subject: Re: Geneva Help
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:02:00 GMT
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Warwick:
>>Does anyone still object to using ST-Guide?
> Not me. I've had enough of playing Devil's Advocate.
It's got nothing to do with playing Devil's Advocate. Actually I couldn't
care less which program will be the standard online help system. There's
just one thing, that can't be pointed out often enough:
People should have a right to choose.
Don't make a single *program* the standard!
Make a standard for infomation exchange and a list of features that have
to be implemented.
If we do it like that, then all programmers will know what they have to
stick to, and we won't be dependent on one programmer.
>Developers who provide documentation that can only be read by ST-guide
>are supporting it much more than a donation would.
I agree. Needless to say more.
Guillaume Lairloup:
>I won't release a commercial software with an online help system in
>english. We need to be able to translate every message of STguide in
>every language.
I agree. Leaving out important languages disqualifies anything from
becoming a standard.
BTW IMO several people overestimate the usefulness of an online help
system. I used to demonstrate Digital Arts software at a lot of shows in
Germany and I always had to deal lots of users who weren't exactly happy
with the fact, that Digital Arts had supplied an online help system put a
poor printed manual. Obviously people really wanted a book to read. I was
even asked several times by users if would write a book about DA's Vektor,
so that they could get rid of the online help system.
I'm not saying that online help is useless, but sometimes a real manual
can be better.
MfG Mike