Paul,

A agree very much. There is effort going into improving things here but much
more can be done I believe.

One thing to keep in mind. The contents of the component help is all in the
source. There is no reason that anyone who wants to could go through the
sources and add to the comments that are pulled into the help file. It is
all in the source and it is possible to add in descriptions, bug notices,
example code snippets, see also links, and more.

I've been waiting for the next release of the Time2Help tool that does the
integration between the comments and the actual help file. I hope they come
out with their next release soon.

If people want to help what I would like to see happen is for them to make
enhancements to the sources and to send them to me. I will then merge them
in and rebuild the help file on a regular basis.

Thanks,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Schmidt" <paul@...>
To: "Marc Leclerc" <mlpgr@...>; <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [IBO] IBO Support Environment


> Marc:
>
> I think that the traffic on this list shows that the IBO help is in
> serious need of enhancement, I don't know if adding some of the
> traffic from here in an automated manner is the proper way to go. I
> think that the real answer for a group of people, probably from this
> list, to take the help file, and look at every page, review it, make
> changes to it, then circulate the changed text to others for review,
> once a page is completed, it goes to Jason, who incorporates it into
> the "new" help file.
>
> The review team would look at the list traffic to see where the
> deficiencies are, if there have been 25 question about GeneratorLinks
> then obviously that is an area where there is a need to add more
> information.
>
> Paul
>
> On 14 Mar 2001, at 19:11, Marc Leclerc wrote:
>
> To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
> From: "Marc Leclerc" <mlpgr@...>
> Date sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:11:05 -0500
> Send reply to: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] IBO Support Environment
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Far fetched but what if IBO online help would be included in there and
> > allow for users to submit correction, demos, extra information..... I
> > find answers within this list that would greatly enhance the help file
> > but have no way to input into it and some of it is probably lost
> > somewhere in the archive. A simple click of a button from someone
> > validating the content would suffice in letting other benefit from
> > better content. HTML files could easily be generated from the DB for
> > all to use. An all in one place for user to get the full IBO
> > experience.
> >
> > Think BIG !
> > ...
> > >
> > > I plan to do this once I get IBO v4 out the door.... Perhaps we
> > > could
> > start
> > > building up a feature list for now? I have some ideas but I would
> > > like to know what things you all would like to see in it too. For
> > > certain categories, better threading, searchable archives are a part
> > > of it. I
> > would
> > > also like it to feed into FAQ and TI sheets, allow peer rating and
> > > annotations, last modified, see also links (which users can
> > > generate). Another thing I want is email notification if a thread is
> > > responded to.
> > >
> > > Would this be a welcomed effort by the community?
> > >
> > > Jason Wharton
> > > CPS - Mesa AZ
> > > http://www.ibobjects.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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