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:Mosaic as an online documentation viewing engine? From:Typo? What tpyo? 16-Dec-1994 0937 <jong -at- TNPUBS -dot- ENET -dot- DEC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 Dec 1994 09:37:35 EST
Though many of us are turning toward online delivery of user information,
there is as yet no one universally accepted viewing engine. Lots have
popped up (no pun intended): Microsoft Windows HELP and Multimedia Viewer,
Interleaf WorldView, Digital Bookreader, Apple TeachText to name a few.
The recent dramatic growth of the Internet community and World-Wide Web
brings us another contender: Mosaic, the freeware Web browsing tool.
I've heard some suggestions that Mosaic is a good choice for online
document viewing. The idea is to write product documentation in (or
filter it into) HTML and then use Mosaic for display.
Does anyone have experience with this delivery method? Is it a sound idea?
Might it in fact be the future of user information?
-- Steve Jong
Digital Equipment Corporation
Littleton, MA USA