Re: CD Rom Dokumentation (a flop ?)

Matro wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:25:49 +0100, Andreas Zeugswetter > <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at> wrote: > > >Has anybody got the really "funny" Informix CD-Doc yet ? > >I would like to hear some "funny" comments about it. > >Has anybody used it yet ? I don't even want to try, since it is in an > >absolute non standard format. > > We have it here; you're right, all the documentation comes in a custom format > and you've to install an Informix reader in order to use it. I have a font I find it hard to believe you've got to install a "reader"--give me a break Informix! This must've been conceived by the New Era crew... Surprising Informix didn't opt for HTML documentation. It takes up a lot less disk space, and is the medium of choice for the on-line world. And now with the LAYERS tag available in the new Netscape 4.0 Communicator there are ways to give "PowerPoint" style presentations right on the web... without having to use Framemaker or Acrobat. > The documentation is good enought to make this CD a worth. I suggest you to > install all the files in your hd, since they use less than 150mb and the > reader is too slow to use a cdrom reader. Just what I need, more stuff on my hard drive... :-) ===' - - - - - Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) Orlando, FL, USA, Earth -------------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o-------------------------------- WWW: http://www.mindspring.com/~tschaefe Liberty: http://www.lp.org Informix FAQ: http://www.iiug.org INX_UTIL now has an on-line magazine...check it out at my homepage... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------