Re: Re: [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can one get it back?
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- Subject: [mg75630] Re: [mg75586] Re: [mg75515] [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can one get it back?
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 05:32:05 -0400 (EDT)
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I think it must depend to some extend on which platform you are using. On the Mac, the new one is a huge improvement. To tell the truth the old one always seemed to me dreadful. Andrzej Kozlowski On 6 May 2007, at 14:43, Chris Chiasson wrote: > On May 5, 4:51 am, Jens-Peer Kuska <k... at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I agree the the new help system is not as good as the old one, >> but you can search the help, when you enter the word/symbol >> into the only single line in the help-center and press enter. >> >> Regards >> Jens > > I think it is both better and worse. The interface is slower, and > probably confusing to previous users. On the other hand, it now has > better search capabilities, a more intuitive interface for new users, > and we may not even know everything it can do, yet. > > On 5/4/07, Nasser Abbasi <nma at 12000.org> wrote: >> When I click on help in Mathematica 6, the familiar help interface >> is all >> gone. >> >> Now one gets a new thing called Documentation center. >> >> I much prefer the old help interface. It was clear, and easy to >> use. The new >> one is hard to use and now one does not know where everything else >> is. There >> is no place to even enter something to search for. One must start >> by erasing >> the string "grid/Mathematica" from the little window at the top to >> clear it >> out. Very annoying. before things where laid out in tabs. Now >> everything is >> a link and one must keep clicking on links all the time. >> >> Is there a way to tell Mathematica 6 to use the old help interface >> (same >> help as in 5.2)? I looked as some options and such, but none >> there. I wish >> they kept the old help system there for those who want to use it. >> >> Nasser >> >> >> > > > -- > http://chris.chiasson.name/ >
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- [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can one get it back?
- From: "Nasser Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
- Re: [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can one get it back?
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>
- [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can one get it back?