1.0 of HTML Help . After two presentations by Team Leaders Ralph Walden and Kate Harper, three Walden keynotes at this and other conferences, and dinner with Ralph, several of us WinHelp developers compared notes. 1.0 was released on time and is relatively stable but it isn't as full-featured as we had hoped. Ed. by Constance Hale. The new media need one.
Wired magazine wants to supply it.
The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications doesn't qualify because it's really an in-house usage guide. And generally, you do. The general index mitigates, but does not solve, the situation. Each list is preceded by a brief statement of principles governing the items on that list. These statements are uniformly excellent, as is the style guidance provided in the opening chapter.