Re: HTML & Browsers - Revised

[John Gilger <jgilger_it -at- NV -dot- DOE -dot- GOV>]

Don't worry about what browser your audience is using.  They all read
HTML.  You do need to be aware that the newer browsers have neat
features like CSS and DHTML that older browsers can't understand so
avoid trying to get too fancy.  I don't think RoboHTML gets that fancy
anyway.

Access to a 'net is superfluous as long as your reader has a browser.
That is, if you issue the help files as a part of the program ala
WinHelp.

HTH

John

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Michelle Vina-Baltsas
[SMTP:Michelle_Vina-Baltsas -at- US -dot- CRAWCO -dot- COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, January 26, 1999 10:39 AM
        To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
        Subject:        HTML & Browsers - Revised

        I'm really in need of help.  I want to do my next help project
in HTML,
        using RoboHTML, but need to get a few things sorted out first.
After
        reading a few books and several articles I'm still confused
about one
        thing.  How should I distribute the HTML files once they are
complete?
        I've read that they can be distributed over the internet,
intranet, or
        CD-ROM.  For corporate security reasons, many of our clients may
not even
        have access to the internet, or be interested in finding out if
they have
        access to the internet.  As I understand it,  one of the
essential
        components they will all need to launch the help files is a
browser.
        Since I'm not certain which browser many of my clients use it is
probably a
        good idea to make the help files cross-platform (Webhelp),
right?  I
        suppose we could include IE 4.x as part of our install, but I
don't think
        our clients would be thrilled about this if they use a different
browser
        for the internet.



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