CompuServe Messages

>> I've got a gagillion programs on my HD, definitely no way I can keep >> all those docs on my desk You've said it all. This is exactly my problem. If you consider that every single program manual explain how to copy a stupid disk and it takes them two to three pages to do that, multiplied by at least 1,000 manuals I have around me, that's New York's phone book right there. Of course I want everything on line. The least amount of time lost flipping a book madly looking for something you aren't sure even how to search is plain inefficient. When I'm going through heavy duty research work, I go over hundreds of books and manuals. The time I spend looking for stuff is ridiculous. Now, if I want to learn a specific program (specially in the nature of 3D Studio), I will certainly get the book, find a chair and read it from cover to cover. I do that with a "selected" group of programs (and devices for that matter) and books just can't be replaced for that. Now, if I'm sitting in front of my computer and have a doubt, the last thing I want is to stand up, go to the shelf, find the book, look in the index, go to the first of 20 occurrences, not there, oops, lost the index page, look for it again, ok, next occurrence, oops, not that either, back to the index… this is nuts. Michael, on the other hand, I'm open for discussion in the "behavioral" pattern you've found. I find that interesting as I'm far, way far away, from the average "user".