>>>>> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Herbert> toolstips are one thing, every application has it more or Herbert> less. They are okay, but you are _very_ limited in the Herbert> length! The help-button gives you a help whuch is more than a Herbert> tip, it explains some important interaction which the Herbert> toolstips can't. The next step are the tutorials! Three Herbert> different and important kind of help. In practice, your help files give rather short help for each item, so they can be turned into tooltips. If they were to become much longer, then they should just be formatted and go to in the manuals. We are not going to maintain the same information twice, methink (where the 'we' is an abstract 'we', since I did nothing in this respect). Herbert> I'm very astonished, that the devolopers say what kind of Herbert> help is the best. Developpers get to decide many things actually. And you are one of them, remember :) Herbert> This is _absolutely_ user-dependent and it will be the best Herbert> way to let them decide which is more or less helpful! So you say we should implement both and let people select one from prefs? Yuck! Herbert> With all respect to the doc-team, but there were more than Herbert> one user mail which had not the best comments to the Herbert> helpfiles for 1.1.6. So the right solution is to improve this doc, rather than start an alternative doc system, no? JMarc
