>>>>> "michael" == michael schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
michael> Hi, I rather doubt that you need another opinion but here it michael> comes. (Actually three opinions :-) michael> 1. Please don't add any buttons (whatever they are called) to michael> the dialogs (and remove the existing new "help" buttons) It michael> makes the dialog bigger and more complex; moreover, I can't michael> imagine a user that needs a per-dialog tooltip setting; michael> finally, you can add tooltips without having to redesign the michael> dialogs (safer, easier) I think I agree with that, in fact. Keep things simple. michael> 2. Add an option to the preferences dialog with "full" michael> tooltips activated. -> Newbies will get full support, experts michael> can deactivate them with just a few strokes once for the michael> whole life-time. I'm not sure about this one. Maybe off by default, ut with an easy way (menu, toolbar) to turn it on. michael> 3. Tooltips that repeat what is already listed in the dialog michael> are useless - agreed. However, a default tooltip "No info michael> available" would be nice because sometimes you are not sure michael> whether there is really no info or you just did not hit the michael> right spot with the mouse. I don't think I really like that... A better approach would be to have tooltip appear also when you are over the label of a control, not only the actual control. Is that actually possible? JMarc
