Do you ever use the help menu?

[Izzy]

OK...as I look over many of the threads here I come to the realization that I myself have never really used the help menu...or if I have I don't remember it right now.

How about all of you...do you use the help menu on a regular basis if at all?

Just curious...

 

[dricci]

I use it whenever I need help and when apps are stubborn and don't include mouseover helper text.

 

[AppleCider]

There should be another option in the poll:

Only open the Help Menu when I accidently press the Help key on the keyboard.

 

[bobw]

Someone has a lot of free time and nothing to do with it.

 

[Izzy]

Sort of like the person who took the time to read and then reply...

 

[nkuvu]

I agree with testuser, but most of the time if I have a quick and specific question I'll post it here. Uh, after searching google and using the MacOSX search, of course.

 

[tas]

My Mac at home has only dialup connectivity, so I find it outrageous that half of the answers in the OSX help have to downloaded from the internet.

 

[nkuvu]

My roommate's iMac doesn't even have a net connection. When she wants to use the net she uses my machine. So I understand that complaint fully (for a while I had a Win2K box while she had her iMac, so couldn't look up a lot on the iMac help system).

 

[ghyde]

I seldom use the help menu because it's slow to open (before it started crashing upon opening), and because the search strings don't seem to be very intuitive. I would find it more useful if were geared not only to How To (as is do something), but also toward trouble-shooting. It's almost useless for the latter.

 

[shrill]

I use it all the time; it's where searchable developer documentation can be conveniently found


- shrill -

 

[Hypernate]

I don't really use the help menu, because, especially in the Apple apps, the database doesn't solve my questions, because they're pretty difficult.

Photoshop, though, i'm sure has better help for example.