Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:37:27 -0400
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From: John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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Van Pilots,
RE: BTDT website
Look for an improved menu system sometime this weekend.
And YES we do need content from everyone who has pulled up a GEM from
the archives.
Remember, the BTDT is a supplement to Bentley so when you're cussing
Bentley Publishing for being clear as mud on something you can find
the same chapter in the BTDT site by title or number with some real
world tips and tricks.
And yes a DVD is quite possible once the content is there.
John Meeks
Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
'91 Multivan
Top o' Northern Michigan
KC8ZFN
On 7/1/05, Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@yahoo.com> wrote:
> John Bange wrote:
> >> ... sometimes I wonder if the Bentley is really a
> good organizational model to follow. I often have a
> hard time finding things in the Bentley. Likewise the
> BTDT (when they're there at all).
>
>
> I, too, often find the Bentley a bit obtuse, even more
> so than the Haynes manual. But ANY organizational
> structure is superior to that of the so-called
> 'archives' in their current state. To paraphrase
> Winston Churchill, "The Bentley and BTDT are the worst
> form of information organization, except for all those
> others ..."
>
>
> John Bange wrote:
> >> Part of the problem with BTDT is the infuriating
> "live" menu system that requires careful maneuvering
> of the mouse pointer, lest you stray off the menu tree
> and everything collapses, forcing you to start over
> ...
>
>
> If you find that even after cleaning your mouse ball
> and imbibing of that first morning cuppa joe, you
> still have trouble maneuvering through the menus at
> the BTDT site, please note that the menus can also be
> used in the usual way. That is, instead of using it
> dynamically, actually click on 'Engine' to go to a
> sub-menu including "Assembly, Crankshaft/Crankcase,
> Cylinder Heads / Valve Drive, ..." Actually click on
> one of those to go to the next sub-menu, and so on.
> It's no more difficult than flipping through the pages
> of a book.
>
> As I remarked when this same topic came up last month,
> and will likely repeat when it arises again next
> month, if everyone submitted just one or two of their
> favorite posts from the mailing list over the years to
> John Meeks' "BTDT" site http://www.vanagonauts.com/
> we'd soon have a very complete and comprehensive
> collection of valuable advice. This would be a
> collective group undertaking, thus would not require a
> Herculean effort by any one individual. We each chip
> in and do a bit of it, and the contents are
> self-rating for relevancy. Easily searchable from any
> internet connection, and I seem to recall that John is
> considering means by which to get it on a CD or DVD.
>
> But first he needs content ...
>
>
> Jeffrey Earl
> 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
> http://www.vanthology.com/
>
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