(Sent to HATT as well)
Hi,
We have an omni-everything programmer who wants to document the
product using tooltips and only tooltips. Can anyone point me to
third-party document that explains why this is a bad idea?
My boss would like me to throw together some discussion and samples of
c-s
Would something like this help?
http://knopf.com/resources/hatcomp/index.html
It's not exactly what you're looking for...
On 3/9/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, before I do all of that and create samples for screen captures and
such, does this info. exist anywhere else?
Thanks, but not really.
Cool reference though.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:09 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...
Would something like this help
Sean,
I use a program for audio editing that uses this kind of help. You can
have it display right away when your mouse stops when you start using
the program, then have a short delay before it pops up when you're
more accustomed to the features (and get irritated by the help popping
up all the
The tooltip displays automatically, without clicking. You can set it
to display immediately or after a short delay. The tooltip disappears
automatically when you mouse to a different item on the screen.
Would you like some screenshots?
Lisa G.
On 3/9/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No thanks, it sounds as I expected.
So, the reader has to remember what they read if they want to use what
they read after they mouse off the tooltip to go perform a task?
Cheers.
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Of Lisa M. (Bronson)
Right. When I said the topics don't need to be memorized, what I
should have said is that the topics are short enough *to* be memorized
easily. That could be your best argument--if he's using it with an
application that has very short topics, contrasting them with the
longer procedures required
Take a look at this, Sean.
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2005/12/02/499371.aspx
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, 2007 4:59 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; 'TCP List'
Subject: RE: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...
Take a look at this, Sean.
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2005/12/02/499371.aspx
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idea to me, in contrast to the bad idea of help in tooltips.
Bonnie
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Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:06 PM
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Super
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Subject: Re: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...
Super tooltips are created programmatically by Office 2007 developers,
right?
So, if my
John Posada wrote on 03/09/2007 01:51:47 PM:
I think if you objected on the basis that the content disappears if
you mouse off the control for longer procedures, that this should be
enough to kill the idead.
Another objection that should single-handedly kill the idea of
tooltips-only help
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