RE: (no subject)

["Gerry Chu" <gerrychu bigfoot com>]

> > What about MS-style (Windows 2000, Windows ME) bubble-help?
> >  I.e. if the features is activated for the first time a speech-bubble
> > appears, telling something like
> >
> > "Why has my icon suddenly turned bold?
> > Gnome automatically detects your favorite items.
> > If you use an item a lot it will turn bold so you can spot it easily."
> >
>
> Good suggestion! Gnome assistants for user guiance will be very
> important...

I think that if any usability improvement needs a hint or some tooltip to
explain it (as opposed to being inherent) the idea needs to be tweaked a bit
more...

Gerry