{"id":45,"date":"2003-12-05T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-05T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2003-12-05T11:41:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-05T11:41:00","slug":"45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/45\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Microsoft LongHorn Help<\/h3>\n<p>The next generation of the Microsoft Windows operating system, codename &#8220;Longhorn&#8221;, promises to raise the standard for performance and innovation. The Windows &#8220;Longhorn&#8221; Help system is designed to greatly improve the user assistance experience in Windows.<br \/>\n<br \/>&#8220;Longhorn&#8221; Help includes the following features:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/p>\n<li>A new structured authoring model enables Help authors to create higher quality Help content, leveraging the flexibility of XML. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>A unified Help viewer pane, which is shared by all applications, provides a consistent entry point to Help.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<li>A new organizational structure based on common tasks, rather than application features, makes it easier for users to find the Help they need. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Active content displays the most appropriate Help content, based on the current state of the user&#8217;s computer.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<li>A more efficient update model continuously provides connected users with the newest content; each update contains only updated material, which conserves bandwidth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/htmlhelp\/html\/hwmscintroducingwindowslonghornhelp.asp\">Longhorn page on MSDN<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com\/lhsdk\/help\/hacaboutmaml.aspx\">About Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (MAML)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Learn XML buddy; that&#8217;s where the future is. In probably a couple of years organizations will start mentioning this in their recruitment ads for tech writers: &#8220;Help authoring skills using &#8216;Longhorn&#8217; (or whatever the actual name is; Longhorn is just a code-name)&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>Tools Die. Concepts don&#8217;t. 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The Windows &#8220;Longhorn&#8221; Help system is designed to greatly improve the user assistance experience in Windows. &#8220;Longhorn&#8221; Help includes the following features: A new structured authoring model enables Help authors to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Suman Kumar","author_link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/author\/suman-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Microsoft LongHorn Help The next generation of the Microsoft Windows operating system, codename &#8220;Longhorn&#8221;, promises to raise the standard for performance and innovation. 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