On 16/12/2010 16:48, Marie-No?lle Augendre wrote: > 2010/12/16 a.l.e<ale.comp_06 at xox.ch>
>>> I fully agree. >>> I understand Scribus is a very powerful piece of software, but as a newbie >>> I'm often very frustrated when I don't understand why it wouldn't do >>> something, or this or that function is greyed or undisplayed. >>> Most often, it's just a case of setting the right way some parameter or >>> other. It would be very helpful if it could display more tooltips or >>> error/advice messages. >>> >> >> somehow, yes you're right. on the other side, it's very annoying to have a >> program which keeps on shouting out alerts. >> >> > If it "speaks" only when something doesn't work, only those who don't know > how to do things will see it. > And hopefully, they'll understand from the first (or maybe the second) time, > so they don't see the same message too often. In general I think that tool tips which appear after say 5 seconds of hovering are incredibly useful to new or occasional users, and no inconvenience to experienced users. There could always be an option to vary the time and / or turn them off altogether ? Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore,MSc EDM (Open),B.A. Chem (Oxon),CMIOSH,CEnv,MIEMA,MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Transition Training and Consultancy Energy Resilience Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
