The Many Faces of Documentation
An important note: Speaking of The Many Faces of Documentation, be aware that Leopard’s help books look different; this guide and toolkit will make you Tiger-ish docs.
It’s important to keep in mind that the style used in the help for Apple’s applications is by no means free. The system basically just links together a bunch of HTML. So while many developers—myself included—have tried to reproduce Apple’s style in their own apps, just as many have created a more traditional help system with a table of contents and so on. Here are the two for comparison:
Ecto’s Documentation: Table of Contents-based
Pixen’s Documentation: Task-based
