Much of the Flash community has been less than impressed with the changes made to the help and documentation functionality of Flash CS4. Workarounds like offline only mode and third party applications have started popping up online since this debacle began. I have tried almost every solution I have come across but I always end up feeling like I’m missing something. Thankfully two members of the Flash community, Jeroen Beckers and Michiel Vancoillie, just released their AIR application called Doc?
This cool new app, “enables you to view, search and bookmark your documentation a lot faster than you could with the built in Flash support.” The interface is well-designed and gives users a familiar toolset from the past Flash Help panels but with improvements and added functionality. For me, running on OS X 10.5 this app ran great. The only thing you need to know is where the documentation you want to view lives on your system. They provide some tips for this on their site, just in case you don’t know off the top of your head or don’t feel like Googling it.
I recommend this app to anyone who is not happy with the current Flash help/documentation functionality. And if you are feeling generous I don’t think they’d mind if you donated a few bucks to the project.
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