On 01/04/2011 11:48 AM, Peter Nermander wrote: >>> In general I think that tool tips which appear after say 5 seconds of > >> as an experienced user, i can tell you that having tooltips floating >> around for 5 seconds is a real inconvenience... > > But nobody has talked about that. They should APPEAR efter 5 seconds. > Not DISappear. So, when you hover your mouse for 5 seconds above the > disabled menu item or button a tooltip will pop up explaining why it > is disabled. > >> personally, i keep on thinking that tooltips, and popups in general, are >> not a good solution for warnings. > > Well, it seems as if every other software developer thinks different. > At least if you look at how todays programs work.
I don't think that tooltips are likely to go away. I have to say that perhaps there should be a word/character threshold, beyond which the information which is in the tooltip should be easily available somewhere else. Maybe sometimes the tooltip might say, for example: "See Working with Text for further information." This also becomes a push for translators working on the documentation. :-D Greg
