WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) (06/06/91)
Hi, we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some experience made with those programs. So far I have heard of the Programs TOOLBOOK and GUIDE. Did anybody use them, how did they work - are there other (better) programs? We'd need both: text and graphics but no sound. Thanks alot in advance Olaf Winkelhake Dept. of Economics University of Passau, Germany wkwinkel@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de
F0O@psuvm.psu.edu (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun6.080923.4521@forwiss.uni-passau.de>, WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) says: >Hi, >we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us >is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some >experience made with those programs. >So far I have heard of the Programs TOOLBOOK and GUIDE. Did anybody >use them, how did they work - are there other (better) programs? >We'd need both: text and graphics but no sound. Look at the help compiler for windows that comes with the Microsoft SDK or any of the Borland compilers for Windows. From only briefly looking at it, it will do hypertext like browsing and you can include graphics. [Tim]
mas35638@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike) (06/06/91)
WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) writes: >Hi, >we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us >is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some >experience made with those programs. >So far I have heard of the Programs TOOLBOOK and GUIDE. Did anybody >use them, how did they work - are there other (better) programs? >We'd need both: text and graphics but no sound. I think you will most definately want to use Toolbook. I am currently under the employ of two professors here at the University of Illinois, converting Hypercard stacks to Toolbook. The reason I say is not because I think Toolbook is great (_slow_), but because the makers of Hypermedia offer a program aptly entitled "ConvertIt!" which does a lot of the work for you. Then all you have to do is hire some undergraduate putz to go in and take care of the rest! (That would be me...) Mike Stangel m-stangel@uiuc.edu
hanj@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jining Han) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun6.080923.4521@forwiss.uni-passau.de> WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) writes: >Hi, >we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us >is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some >experience made with those programs. [stuff deleted] I looked at Spinnaker Plus not long ago, which I think you can also consider. It is compatible with the PLUS for Mac, therefore it's possible to convert Mac HyperCard stacks into Plus. The only problem I have with it is hardware requirement: you need at least 2bm of RAM to run it, and when I tried it on a model 60 with 4mb, it's slow. I was told that the package is listed at $495.00, but the educational price is only $149.95. The number that we called is 800-323-8088, ext 489 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jining Han | Indiana University ---------------------------------------------------------------------
traiger@oxy.edu (Saul Traiger) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun6.080923.4521@forwiss.uni-passau.de> WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) writes: >Hi, >we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us >is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some >experience made with those programs. >So far I have heard of the Programs TOOLBOOK and GUIDE. Did anybody >use them, how did they work - are there other (better) programs? >We'd need both: text and graphics but no sound. > I have been using Guide for the last two years. I've developed hypertext applications in cognitive psychology and the philosophy of science for students in the Cognitive Science major at Occidental College. In my view, Guide is an excellent product. When I began using it, it was virtually the only hypertext product available for the PC, certainly the only one running under Windows. That was version 2.0. I created a wish list of features I'd like to see. Virtually all of them were added in version 3.0! Product support is excellent. Here's one example: Version 2.0 did not have the ability to open and close hypertext windows from a script linked to a button. We asked Owl International about this, and they wrote an interpreter for us which did what we wanted. We made extensive use of it. We worried that our files would not be compatible with Guide 3.0, because we had this special interpreter. We were wrong! Owl made sure that our files were useable with Guide 3.0! Now that's product support! Hypertext authoring tools for the pc were just reviewed in a recent edition of PC Magazine. They didn't give Guide top honors, and I agree with their claims about the weaknesses of the product. I suspect that some of these features will be added in the next release. Guide is certainly worth a close look. In any case, you should look at the PC Mag article. Saul Traiger Director, Cognitive Science Program Occidental College Los Angeles, CA traiger@oxy.edu
hadgraft@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun6.080923.4521@forwiss.uni-passau.de>, WKWINKEL@ibm.rz.uni-passau.de (Olaf Winkelhake) writes: > Hi, > we are thinking of creating a hypertext stack for our students. None of us > is very familiar with hypertext programs, so we'd like to hear of some > experience made with those programs. > So far I have heard of the Programs TOOLBOOK and GUIDE. Did anybody > use them, how did they work - are there other (better) programs? > We'd need both: text and graphics but no sound. > I have used GUIDE extensively, and I think it would be easiest for you, since you want mostly text and some graphics. TOOLBOOK is more flexible, which means it'll probably be more work to get your job done. -- +--------------------------------------+ | Roger Hadgraft +----------------------------------+ | Senior Lecturer | hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au | | Dept of Civil Engineering | phone: +61 3 565 4983 | | Monash University | fax: +61 3 565 4944 or 3409 | | Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia. +----------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------+