My son is very keen on the Nitendo Wii, which is released in the UK tonight. I stumbled across a Blog highlighting the Japanese version of the Wii’s safety manual – very bizarre!
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Quadralay’s Wiki
Quadralay has added a wiki to its site, with these stated aims:– Focus on the ePublisher platform – Provide a reusable information repository – Encourage users to share their efforts – Create a user channel to Quadralay’s Engineering and Consulting teams In other words, a user co-generated manual, as discussed in our report. They appear… Read more »
Call for input: Next Generation of Microsoft Help Platform
The following was posted on the STC Member Forum, under Online Help. Microsoft is planning the next-generation Help platform and we are soliciting input from STC members. If you or someone in your organization is responsible for designing, developing, planning, or managing user assistance systems, we WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK. We want to gain a… Read more »
New software – Microsoft Expression
Microsoft Expression is a new software suite released this week that includes professional design tools for standards-based Web sites. Expression Studio is a key component of Microsoft’s strategy for improving the user experience delivered by applications. We’ve yet to test it out, but it appears to be a vast improvement on FrontPage. Rachel Andrew’s review… Read more »
Technical Author Training
We’re putting the finishing touches to two new online courses. Realistically, we’re likely to “go live” in January. Watch this space! Also, Carol Johnston is now a Certified Flare Instructor. We should have a second Flare trainer certified this month. We’re not aware of any other certified Flare trainers in Europe, apart from Cherryleaf’s.