> > > But they could have affected these people in a positive way without > > > affecting anyone in a negative way, like I suggested. Instead of creating > > > a > > > Go button, simply add a tooltip for these people. > > > > A tooltip would have annoyed other people: Me for instance...it feels > > like clippy > > "I see you've typed a URL...if you press enter, then it might actually > > do something" > > > > But *you*'d never see the tooltip, so it would never annoy you. The > tooltip would appear only if you typed something but didn't press Enter > for a long time.
Thats a large presumption. Are you are aware of my url typing habits? Its possible that I would type the half of a URL that I know, and go and have to look for the rest of a URL, creating a large pause, when I return there's a damn tooltip telling me that I need to press Enter. I think I might encounter the tooltip more often that you seem to think I might. > I think it was Steve Jobs (in his > NeXT days) that said that one of the things they used to do to design > their applications was making sure people didn't need the help system. And yet, putting a button that says "Go" seems to be making sure that people don't need the help system, as opposed to your proposal that decides that you're a bit thick and shows you the help system whether you want it or not. iain _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
