Re: help browser plan

[David Merrill <david lupercalia net>]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:37:17PM +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> 
> > Please take a look at the screenshots here:
> >         http://www.geocities.com/miles_lane/
> 
> Hmm... personally in the days when I used Visual Studio, I found the
> Help system hindered my productivity somewhat, because it was verging on
> useless unless you sized it to take up most of your display, thereby
> obscuring the very application you were looking for help on. From the
> screenshots, it seems to have got worse since then, if anything... am I
> mistaken?

Nope, you're absolutely right. They have some good ideas, but some
really bad ones too.

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