Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!yale.edu!cmcl2!esquire!baumgart From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Standards for Balloon Help? Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 18:25:44 GMT References: <1991Jun12.155432.13822@Think.COM> <14057@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: news@DPW.COM Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell Lines: 31 In-reply-to: carr@apple.com's message of 13 Jun 91 19:25:03 GMT In article <14057@goofy.Apple.COM> carr@apple.com (Randy Carr) writes: Randy Carr System Software (I wrote the Help Mgr) Apple Computer, Inc. Internet: carr@apple.com Here's a public thank you, Randy, for one of the most powerful, intuitive, and truly helpful help systems I've ever had the pleasure of using. Although I'm pretty much up to speed on System 7 now, I had the great good fortune of watching my uncle (who's used to DOS and is somewhat of a Mac neophyte) learn all about System 7 through Balloon Help. Best of all, he had a smile on his face as he was learning, and it was obvious that he enjoyed the immediate feedback of being able to point at things and discover what they do or how they operate. Lots of folks in this group have grumbled about Balloon Help, saying that it was annoying or that they turned it off after 2 minutes; but I think that it's simply wonderful for those people who don't have access to Usenet and have to learn about System 7 for themselves. I'm also eagerly awaiting Microsoft's implementation of Balloon Help for their insane "Commands" dialog in Word... :-) -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman