Seconding Dash. Miles better than any of the other options. Beautiful app. Peter
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 9:30 PM, sqwarqDev <sqwarq...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I can’t remember when I gave up on Xcode docs now, (Xcode 6, I guess), and I > also noticed that > > i. the PDF download symbol went AWOL sometime ago on the developer site docs, > and > > ii. the Javascript on those pages is often messed up so that I can’t scroll > the doc in Safari (it keeps returning to the top). > > Answer for me was to get Dash[1]. Great tool, but pretty lame that it’s > needed in the first place. > > Best > > > P > @sqwarqdev > http://sqwarq.com > > [1] (no affiliation, just happy customer) https://kapeli.com/dash > > > On Mar 12, 2016, at 07:43 AM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Carl Hoefs wrote: >>> How "useful" is a library of PDF docs? They're outdated the moment they're >>> produced. >> >> Useful enough to know where they are on my hard drive, which is easier and >> more useful than wading through Apple's online mess. >> >>> (On the other hand, I wish I could get Xcode's documentation system to work >>> *at all* when I'm not connected to the internet. It never has.) >>> -Carl >> >> That's my point. If I can't get to the net for some reason, I want to know >> I have the docs on my local box and docs I can EASILY SEARCH. >> >> Hell, the frameworks docs I ended up using were not even for iOS and were >> articles written 4 years ago by someone who isn't employed at Apple (and >> help here), because I couldn't find useful guides on Apple's developer site. >> >> I was searching for frameworks docs on the dev site and the dev videos part >> and it's horrible. >> >> 1. You get loads more content than fits your search query. >> 2. Scrolling returns data concurrently, so the found set you see isn't the >> entire found set. There's no scroll thumb to indicate the range you have >> scrolled to within the found set or how far you have left to go. >> >> You end up wasting time because of too many results that don't apply to your >> criteria and then you can't see how far you are through the found set, so, >> after enough wasted time, it's just a case of, "I give up and will search >> somewhere more useful than here". >> >> Apple's UI engineers seem to forget that the user interfaces are meant to >> convey context and valuable data to the users to help them accomplish their >> desired tasks. >> >> UI Usability has taken a serious nose dive over the past few years. It's >> disappointing. >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 11:58 PM, Daniel Phillips <djp_phill...@me.com >>>> <mailto:djp_phill...@me.com>> wrote: >>>> They're moving to a more online or iBooks approach. They've taken down >>>> lots of PDFs including the iOS human interface guidelines. >>>> >>>> I did bug report it but they closed it and said PDF is an unsupported >>>> format for that document. >>>> >>>> rdar:// <rdar://>21704084 >>>> >>>> It's a big shame. >>>> >>>> On 10 Mar 2016, at 11:15 pm, Peter Teeson <ptee...@icloud.com >>>> <mailto:ptee...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 2:09 PM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com >>>>> <mailto:z...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Did Apple start removing all the PDF files for its documentation for >>>>>> developers? >>>>>> >>>>>> It's rather maddening not being able to have a library of useful docs >>>>>> and having to resort to searching the dev site all the time for things. >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>>> Please tell me that Apple is not removing all of its PDF files for >>>>>> developer documentation. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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