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Subject: RE: access to documentation (rant continues) 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
Date:    5/14/99 12:51 PM


InfoSeeker is horrible to use, Book manager is not much better.
PDF files are ok, especially when on the road; but for the office?
Paper manuals win every time.  Big, reassuring, easy to read, and solid
enough to build walls out of.

Stuart


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fritz [SMTP:JFritz@sharperimage.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 5:16 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      access to documentation
> 
> You are now entering the rant zone.  Protective clothing required.
> 
> I think having the manuals on cd and on line is a good idea.  The
> implementation falls a bit short of minimal usability. Consider the
> choices:
> 
>       * Book Manager--A vile piece of software that locks up my PC at
> least three times a day when I use it.          Can't print with correct
> formatting.
>       
>       * Info Seeker--Very slow and, strangely enough, graphics challenged.
> Can't print with correct formatting.
>       
>       * Info Seeker under Graphical Access--No cut and paste and performs
> as well as it does on green screen.
> 
>       * PDF files--Only option for printed manuals although a duplex
> capable printer is a good thing to have.        Search capability limited
> to simple text scan.
> 
> I like the manuals; I use them every day.  I would like to avoid the
> stress
> associated with using them.  My co-workers would be very grateful if I had
> fewer tantrums.  I am approaching a mental state where no court in this
> country (USA) could hold me responsible for my actions.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ###########################################
> The above is my personal opinion and is not intended to represent good
> programming practice or the product of a sound mind.
> 
> Joel Fritz 
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