Erik Buehler escribió: > I know (well, "think") that some help documentation is in the works > for RawStudio. Thats great, especially for detailed philosophical > discourse on the software's intent and usage patterns. However, I > think even more beneficial, especially to new users, is something > closer to their fingertips; "tooltips", specifically. > > Just incase folks around here use different terminology: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooltip > > What are the general opinions regarding tooltips? > > I think they have some significant advantages, and can't think of any > significant dis-advantages: > 1) They keep concise help (or "how to") information very close to the > source code for the documented feature. As features change, their > documentation can be very easily updated. This new documentation is > readily available to the user, without the user having to re-read > through The User's Guide. > 2) Its fast. The user doesn't even have to know what a tool is called > to get help on it. He/she just has to hover his/her cursor over the > feature. The tooltip would provide the name and terse description of > the feature. If the terse description isn't enough, the user can then > type the name of the feature into the help system to get detailed help. > 3) As new features are added, the code pattern for adding the help for > the new feature is already right there in the code, and can be quickly > replicated and modified. > 4) All of the above adds up to significantly enhance the user > experience, which results in wider adoption of the software (more > "free test engineers"), more interest from potential developers, and > in the end, a better overall tool for everyone to enjoy. > > My opinion is that everything, including menus, menu items, and tabs, > should have a tooltip. If the community agrees that "tooltips are > good, and we oughta have them", I'd like to begin coding in this > functionality. > > What do y'all think? I started using rawstudio just a couple of months ago, and as newbie, I completely agree with you. Tooltips would ease the first contact with the program. Thanks four your proposal. Carlos
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