On Tuesday 05 February 2002 1:31 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Herbert> Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > >> Developers have to decide what is good and bad ui-design. > > Herbert> you are kidding, or do you want to tell me, that one button > Herbert> is a question of design ... > > Knowing in which forms online help should be given is definitely a > question of design, yes. It is a matter of user knowing immediately > how to get help in a dialog. I think the tooltip approach we have now > is quite good (useful). A good help system is really needed, but I > have to say I am not sure your solution is a good help system. > > Juergen gave practical reasons why he believes (and I agree with him) > that tooltips are better for texinfo. Could you give reason why your > helpfile is better in this case? > > [Hint] here is one: the tooltips are not accessible with the mouse > (I'm not sure this matters much, though).
What d'ya mean? Sure they are. Have you ever moved your mouse over the preferences dialog? A.
