| Apple Guide was Apple's assistance technology of the future ... in 1996. It was a powerful online help framework that espoused a very task-oriented philosophy. It was also a difficult technology to master. Apple dropped Apple Guide when Mac OS X appeared. |
| If you start up the Timbuktu Pro Apple Guide on a vintage PowerBook 160, this is the introductory Timbuktu Apple Guide topic listing. |
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| Subcategories such as "Control" can be selected in the Topic view. |
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| Once you select a topic ("Control," for example), the Topics list disappears and little Apple Guide panels appear on the screen. The "Topics" button allows the user to return to the Topics section. The "Huh" button allows the user to drill down for more detail. The right and left arrow buttons allow the user to step through the task. |
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| With the Timbuktu application running, Apple Guide circles the appropriate controls in the running Timbuktu application. In this case, Apple Guide is telling the user the location of Timbuktu's transport tabs. |
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| Timbuktu's Apple Guide panels "guide" the user through the task. In this example, Apple Guide is showing the user how to set up a Control session. |
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| Apple Guide can draw marks anywhere on the screen in its quest to assist the user. In this case, Apple Guide circles the menu the user has to visit to get a Control session underway. |
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| In another screen markup example, Apple Guide highlights
the areas in the Timbuktu application described in the text box. Apple
Guide can even open windows on its own if the user needs to see a pertinent
program option. |
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| Huh buttons allow users to drill down for more detail. In this example, Apple Guide breaks down the individual Restrictions options. |
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