superficial xrc changes...
Pablo d'Angelo
pablo at mathematik.uni-ulm.de
Thu Nov 6 11:44:20 GMT 2003
On Wed, 05 Nov 2003, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> Am 05.11.03, 08:13 -0500 schrieb Ed Halley:
>
> > * I would rather make the dialog more clear by looking at it, than
> > depend on hidden hints. Users don't paint the screen with mouse
> > movements, searching for hints to understand what information belongs
> > where. Very few applications put any hints anywhere. Putting a tooltip
> > on *every* control just frustrates the user to realize that they have to
> > play a hunting game to learn the interface. I recommend we use tooltip
> > hints sparingly, not on every control.
>
> Ok. As long there is an alternative with Pablos docu/help side it is right
> to migrate away from tooltips.
Well, I don't mind having lots of tooltips, but I agree that they are not a
substitute for an intuitive GUI.
I won't have time to update the help file for quite a while. once a stable
interface has been found, screenshots could be included there as well.
ciao
Pablo
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