Hi,
for me, there's two sides of the story:
While the INF/HLP format is preferrable for anything related to online-help, I hate it when it's bieng used in a "readme" kind of way.
The reason for it is that I often find myself coming across some intersting piece of software while sitting in front of a non-OS/2|eCS system.
This is the very moment when I can't read detailed information about the software (to check its suitability) because of the INF/HLP format.
I will summarize my preferred formats here:
- online information: HTML
- static documents / for print, D/L: PDF
- readme and cross-platform information: plain text ASCII files
- context-sensitive help in applications: HLP/INF
The answer to the format question is: It depends on what you want to use it for. ;)
Cheers, HTH,
Thomas
for me, there's two sides of the story:
While the INF/HLP format is preferrable for anything related to online-help, I hate it when it's bieng used in a "readme" kind of way.
The reason for it is that I often find myself coming across some intersting piece of software while sitting in front of a non-OS/2|eCS system.
This is the very moment when I can't read detailed information about the software (to check its suitability) because of the INF/HLP format.
I will summarize my preferred formats here:
- online information: HTML
- static documents / for print, D/L: PDF
- readme and cross-platform information: plain text ASCII files
- context-sensitive help in applications: HLP/INF
The answer to the format question is: It depends on what you want to use it for. ;)
Cheers, HTH,
Thomas