TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:RE: Is Robohelp still being frozen by Macromedia? From:"Paul Neshamkin" <pauln -at- helpauthors -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:47:04 -0400
Just a point of historical clarification -- Doc-To-Help pre-dated RoboHelp
by a month, and was the initial "kick-start" to the Help authoring business.
Through the first few WexTech releases, we were easily the market leader.
IMHBNEUBO (in my humble, but not entirely unbiased opinion) ComponentOne's
latest release of Doc-To-Help 2005 takes the product a long way towards
recapturing that market share. Well worth evaluating.
Regards,
Paul Neshamkin
pauln -at- helpauthors -dot- com
MS Help MVP
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help MVP and Certified Trainer
WexTech MVP, Certified Doc-To-Help Trainer
-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-20560 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-20560 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of T.W. Smith
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:49 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Is Robohelp still being frozen by Macromedia?
http://www.helpstuff.com and http://www.knopf.com list some other help
tools. I mean, thought it sort of kick-started the genre, RoboHelp did not
exist in a vacuuum, there were other tools, several were even
*better,* though RoboHelp enjoyed a loyal following.
Consider, ePublisher Pro (WebWorks Publisher), Author-It, FAR, Doc-To-Help,
and others.
Flare is now, what, beta? Madcap is a brand new company. At some point, it
seems they'll have a version 1 product. You can wait for Flare because
RoboHelp isn't going to stop working at noon today.
Certainly, Flare has captured the imagination and seems to have a dedicated
and skilled set of folks behind it. But, you don't have to wait for Flare,
mature help-authoring tools are already out there.
Now Shipping -- WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word! Easily create online
Help. And online anything else. Redesigned interface with a new
project-based workflow. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archiver -at- techwr-l -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
