On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 12:55:09AM +0100, Guido Seifert wrote: > > > No, but it does mean you should really avoid being so snarky. > > Maybe I should. Ok, most likely I should. But it is not always easy to > avoid it. I would never react in such a way because of a mere coding > bug, however, during several devdays in the last years the trolls had > some very good sessions regarding usability. So what makes me a bit > 'snarky' is that it seems those usability experts are either blind > when it comes to qt-creator simply have nothing to say. > > So let me repeat it in a slightly less 'snarky' way: Automatic > tooltips in the edit area of an editor are a usability disaster. You > focus an a certain problem, your mouse moves a bit and enters > involuntarily a hot spot...tooltip opens...important information? > Nope, just that you can get help on keyword 'foo' by pressing F1 or > something unimportant like that. At least nothing one would not know > after a short time of qt-creator usage anyway. But line of thought > lost... Great design job. > > Even worse is 'information' which opens unasked and covers exactly the > line I just wanted to read or even 'sneaks' under the exact location > where I want to type. > > If you ask me (I know nobody does) all those features might be fine > and useful at times, but they should be optional. Is it so difficult > to add a config option that those helps appear only when a certain key > combination is pressed, e.g. alt-ctrl? > > Would IM(H)O improve the creator tremendously.
I don't think I disagree at all on the matter. Andre' _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
