Hi Greg,
Having watched this debate ove the last to two day I'd like to add my
two cents worth. The biggest problem that I have every time a new
service pack or release comes out, and this includes Beta Releases, is
the lack of documentaion on what is new or different in each release.
This was especially critical in the Beta for both 4.2 and 4.3. If beta
testers are going to get the most out of testing the software we need to
test what is new or different on different data sets.The list you
provided yesterday was the most detailed set of information I have seen
on V4.3. This is more critical in GX Developer when there is never any
notification of new features and functions.
I agree that the helps is not as good as it could be but as far as a PDF
vs Help file comment goes I personally prefer the Help files. They are a
lot easier to navigate around, provided the links are finished! There
have been a lot of comments on moving to HTML, It takes a lot longer to
open explorer or netscape to read an html with vastly more amounts of
memory consumed and swapping going to accomidate all the bits and pices
of add-ins etc that html readers want to use. Help files are far more
friendly on the computer resources than HTML. Unless you want to provide
your own HTMl reader.
Cheers
David
Greg Hollyer wrote:
> Joseph:
>
> We hear you on documentation. Some of the things we
> are working on for v4.3 include:
>
> ** complete re-writing all of the GX Help for accuracy,
> completeness and briefness (ABC).
> ** adding diagrams from the manuals (see 1DFFT GXs)
> to the GX help.
> ** making sure that the GX Help exactly matches the
> dialogs in the software.
>
> Another project is to work on MAPPLOT to finally get a
> correct version online.
>
> Vis-a-vis, your comment on improving the documentation,
> did you have a specific area of interest?
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Duval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 5:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [geonet]: v4.3 -- What info do you need?
>
> Improving the documentation would be nice.
>
> ------------------------
> From: Greg Hollyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [geonet]: v4.3 -- What info do you need?
> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:37:29 -0400
> To: "'[geonet]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > The upcoming version 4.3 of OASIS montaj is currently being polished
> > according to comments received from Beta testers. After this process is
> > complete, v4.3 will move into final testing, documentation, etc.
> >
> > In preparation for v4.3, what information / support would be most valuable
> > to you in getting started quickly with the new v4.3 applications and
> > capabilities?
> >
> > Greg Hollyer
> > Communication Manager
> > Geosoft Inc.
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> >
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