Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!usc!srhqla!nrcvax!rob From: rob@NRC.COM (Rob Pawsner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: SuperCard complaints/questions Message-ID: <356@nrcvax.NRC.COM> Date: 25 Sep 89 22:44:27 GMT References: <11310@fluke.COM> Organization: Network Research Corp., Oxnard CA Lines: 16 In-reply-to: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM's message of 25 Sep 89 03:01:18 GMT I second the motion. The SuperCard manuals are nicely designed, well- meaning, and notably inadequate. My copy of SuperCard included a flyer for a third-party Goodmanesque paperback; as I recall, there was a blurb from the president of Silicon Beach calling it indispensable. When I buy a retail-market proprietary language product (not some unsupported APDA tool), I expect to get a 100% complete REFERENCE manual. If the vendor wants to throw in a TUTORIAL manual, or arrange for an outside, extra-cost publication, that's fine; but it's a separate issue. Of course, finding the people, time, and resources to do a good job is a tough problem, as I can testify firsthand. As you've probably noticed, Apple's own software manuals are still beautifully designed, but their contents have become disorganized and incomplete. But that's another topic for another news group...