Hi Carlos, I'll wait a day or two to see what other feedback I get. If there is an overwhelming consensus in favor of the idea, I'll roll up my shirt sleeves and start learning the architecture, so I can begin adding tooltips.
Thanks, - Erik On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Carlos Dávila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Buehler escribió: > > I know (well, "think") that some help documentation is in the works > > for RawStudio. Thats great, especially for detailed philosophical > > discourse on the software's intent and usage patterns. However, I > > think even more beneficial, especially to new users, is something > > closer to their fingertips; "tooltips", specifically. > > > > Just incase folks around here use different terminology: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooltip > > > > What are the general opinions regarding tooltips? > > > > I think they have some significant advantages, and can't think of any > > significant dis-advantages: > > 1) They keep concise help (or "how to") information very close to the > > source code for the documented feature. As features change, their > > documentation can be very easily updated. This new documentation is > > readily available to the user, without the user having to re-read > > through The User's Guide. > > 2) Its fast. The user doesn't even have to know what a tool is called > > to get help on it. He/she just has to hover his/her cursor over the > > feature. The tooltip would provide the name and terse description of > > the feature. If the terse description isn't enough, the user can then > > type the name of the feature into the help system to get detailed help. > > 3) As new features are added, the code pattern for adding the help for > > the new feature is already right there in the code, and can be quickly > > replicated and modified. > > 4) All of the above adds up to significantly enhance the user > > experience, which results in wider adoption of the software (more > > "free test engineers"), more interest from potential developers, and > > in the end, a better overall tool for everyone to enjoy. > > > > My opinion is that everything, including menus, menu items, and tabs, > > should have a tooltip. If the community agrees that "tooltips are > > good, and we oughta have them", I'd like to begin coding in this > > functionality. > > > > What do y'all think? > I started using rawstudio just a couple of months ago, and as newbie, I > completely agree with you. Tooltips would ease the first contact with > the program. > Thanks four your proposal. > Carlos > > _______________________________________________ > Rawstudio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://rawstudio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rawstudio-dev >
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