I've seen recommendations that instructional tool tips appear, explaining that particular point in the UI, if the user doesn't interact for a certain period of time (say, 7 seconds)...
You can also use question mark or i (info) icons to make those tooltips accessible. Make good user of explanatory tool tips/hover states on interactive elements - if a user's mouse sits on an item for 250 ms or more, pop up a box that explains the item they're hovering on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41796 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
