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From: carlos@tybalt.caltech.edu (Carlos Salinas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Why is the application kit so frustrating?
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Date: 19 Aug 89 06:47:06 GMT
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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