Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!carlos From: carlos@tybalt.caltech.edu (Carlos Salinas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Why is the application kit so frustrating? Message-ID: <11656@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 19 Aug 89 06:47:06 GMT References: <1520@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: carlos@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Carlos Salinas) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 13 The application kit is frustrating because the online documentation is terribly lacking. Instead of a stupid text retrieval service (why not just use microfiche? Librarian is a waste of a good machine, basically it's a souped MAN), we need hypertext online documentation. Wouldn't it be nice if you could call up the heirarchy of the application kit, and click on the object you wanted info on? Wouldn't it be great to be able to point and click on a method in a method list instead searching the documentation. Or how about some online examples and more graphics? As is the docs are mostly text. Ever used Hypercard? How about a Help like that on the NeXT? One window running Interface Builder, one running the hyperHelp, would be much more useful than the current documentation. Carlos Salinas