Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:15:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: improved online doc web interface?
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I know that some disagree, but I generally prefer the old, non-Java interface.

Why?  Because it takes too long to navigate using the Java version.  I click on a [+] button.  Pause while the lower level expands (sometimes it's a long pause).  Click on the next [+] button to go down another level.  Pause.  And so forth.  Since what I want is usually a few levels down (function or format definitions, for example), this takes much more time than simply scrolling through a list, especially when I can use the browser's Find function to get to the desired item quickly.

Also, I don't think the indentations between levels are deep enough, so it's hard to keep track of where I am.

One thing that helps is to create bookmarks/favorites for commonly searched nodes, such as formats, functions, and procedures.  The problem is that the Java interface doesn't have top level links for all those - there are links to the top level lists of formats and functions, for example, but there's no link to the list of procedures.




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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Manager, Technical Development
Metrics Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA

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>>> "SUBSCRIBE SAS-L Stephane" <datametric@CLUB-INTERNET.FR> 12/17/2004 5:22 AM >>>
Hi,

When I installed the 9.1.3 doc from CD on my PC, I saw that the new version used java interface, not html.

Stéphane.


----Message d'origine----
>Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:35:07 -0700
>De: Michael Murff <mjm33@MSM1.BYU.EDU>
>Sujet:      improved online doc web interface?
>A: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>Hi SAS-L,
>
>I just happened to be tooling around the SAS website and tried out
>their new? 9.1.3 OnlineDocs interface. I have all the pdf docs and some
>hard copy, but have never found the html version very user friendly. Is
>it just me or have they vastly upgraded the web version?  See
>http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.jsp if you're
>curious. Using the "jump to" search within a particular syntax index is
>almost as good as having the hard copy.
>
>Michael Murff
>
>



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