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Subject:RE: HTML v .hlp [RE: 28.8 Modem Users] From:Paul Hanson <PHanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:25:49 -0600
WOW! You are so right! I never thought of it that way!
I do distribute PDFs and do exactly as you state below, telling them to
download the Acrobat Reader to view the PDFs.
Hmmm. I think my original logic is faulty.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [SMTP:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:29 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: HTML v .hlp [RE: 28.8 Modem Users]
>
> > applications? Why would we *ever* want to require an end-user to
> > install a browser just for Help? I wouldn't. Our systems have
> > no interaction with the Internet. (If anyone has successfully
>
> Paul...isn't that like saying that I shouldn't have to install Acrobat
> reader just to view PDFs? Do you deliver anything to customers on PDFs? If
> so, I'll bet you simply tell them that if they don't have the reader, to
> download it and you give them the address or you include it in your
> software installation (like we do).
>
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