On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Yuki KODAMA<endflow....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 09:53, Steve Borho<st...@borho.org> wrote: >> On the default branch the changelog tool has a help '?' button on the >> filter bar. It's been my intention to hook this up to a wiki page, >> but I'm curious if people have strong opinions about online help being >> tied to a web page. >> >> Another option is to add a page to our documentation and then have the >> changelog tool open the CHM to the correct location, but this also >> requires the user to install the documentation (which is now >> optional). >> >> Should we try to do both? > > Good idea for keeping the help up to date! > Well, if it's possible to detect internet connection, you go open Wiki page. > Otherwise, you fallback to CHM help. And the help data should be cached. > > On the other hand, mostly users expect that it shows small help tips > (build in app) > by clicking '?' button. So if you open Wiki page using Web browser, > I'll surprise. > Because TortoiseHg uses tooltips for showing help of widget until now. > I suppose we should follow "Principle of least astonishment". > > In short: first, show one-line help using tooltip with "Learn more" > link to the detailed help. > Second, show Wiki page or CHM help with fallback
The help in these cases will be pretty substantial. It should include at least the text of 'hg help dates', 'hg help revisions', 'hg help multirevs', and 'hg help patterns'. Can we put clickable URLs in our tooltips? Or did you have some sort of pop-up window in mind (hgcmd could display these help texts)? -- Steve Borho ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list Tortoisehg-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
