RE: Accessing documentation when all the tools are from a single vendor

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed [mailto:glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com] said:

> Thanks for the tip, Kevin. I'll see if corporate policy allows me to
> install Chrome.
> 
> You're description of that long tortuous path to one document has left
> me chuckling. I access a SharePoint at work, and it is one of the
> slowest file shares I've experienced. It reminds me of Netware for
> Macintosh over Localtalk.
> 
> I also had the pleasure of using an S1000D CMS-type thing. That also
> ran poorly. So part of the problem is our LAN, and worse yet we access
> SharePoint through a WAN.
> 
> If I was an independent and had to use this to pay the bills, I'd be
> out of business. Fortunately, I am but a salaried part in a behemoth
> that eats tax dollars faster than they can be printed.
> 
> Have a great 2010!

Ed,

You're a technical writer, right?

Tell them that you need to be able to test the html versions of your documents in all popular browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Opera, Safari... oh, and that IE thing). 

They don't have to know that none of your stuff actually gets published in html / xml. 

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