CS6 Help is not so useful

The new CS6 Help is harder to use. What happened?
I tried to search for ~CS6 looks~ but I don't get AE CS6 results. Same for ~CS6 3D~. That could cramp my style, or maybe some others. Help is not so useful if you can't search it!
Some items of note:
- I'm missing the "search this doc" checkbox.
- the AIR app didn't install correctly but I never want to see it again anyway.
- There's no PDF I can find either.
Rich Young
webite: AE Portal
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung

Just downloaded and installed the newly available pdf (offline) versions of the "Help and tutorials" in "Adobe Help Manager".
I read the documentation and have to conclude that I am still not happy with it.
Some time ago, I posted an example of the lack of a sufficient image trace manual in Illustrator CS6. I was looking for the documentation on the advanced features of the new image trace functionality. It just wasn't there and it still is not.
The direction Abobe has taken with the CS6 product documentation is worrisome:
Since when does a product ship before a manual has been completed? Apparently that's since CS6. Once again, if the manual isn't ready, the product cannot ship. Be glad it's CS6 and not your car.
What we have since CS6 is a form of release notes where differences between versions explain what has changed.
This should not replace a proper manual where all functionality is comprehensively described and explained as to be accessible to both new and existing users. This means that the manual should refer to CS6 functionality and not a collage of different version manual pages.
Also a manual should be complete. The CS6 manual in some cases is still missing (in-depth) topics; even on some new CS6 features.
The pdf "Help and tutorials" seems to have become a pdf bundle of the Adobe help webpages. It's probably cheaper to produce and it shows.
I have the impression that in some cases, tutorials will replace written manual texts. Sometimes, I do not want to sit through a video tutorial but use the manual to quickly search and read my information. That is what manuals are for.
If this is the aspired state of the "Adobe Help Manager", I have to conclude that it has absolutely no added value to me.
Cheers,
Dave

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