Re: The Help Menu

[Soren Harward <soren cinternet net>]

All apps should (as in this is the best word short of "must") have an
"about" box, because EVERY program has at least one person deserving of
credit.

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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Dan Kaminsky wrote:

>
>>Question:
>>
>>What should the behaviour of the Help menu item be if no help
>>exists for an app?  Should it be grayed out (and if so, how will
>>it know of the help file's existence?)?
>
>
>The entire menu shouldn't be greyed out.  I've become a fan of the
>Help::About Version/Email/Web/Author information box being integrated into
>the actual binary, with a separate-app help browser going into
>documentation, providing links to screenplays, etc.