On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:05:53 +0100 Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se> wrote:
> > 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." > > Well of course tooltips shall not be essays, tooltips shall he used as > space saving information about things that are not obvious. > > Like when the PDF Export button is disabled the tooltip can say > "PDF/X-3 comment field not filled in" when you hover the cursor over > the button for a few seconds. > > I can't see how anyone could think that is intrusive or interrupts > workflow? > > What DOES interrupt workflow is have to switch to another window/pane > to find out why something is disabled. i wrote an answer, i trashed it. this discussion is getting surreal. each person talks about something different and just calls it tooltip. i love tooltips. i use tooltips. i want tooltips. if they are used to explain what a button does. this is my final mail on this topic. adieux a.l.e
