Re: [gtk-list] Re: Tooltips for insensitive widgets?

[Emmanuel DELOGET <pixel DotCom FR>]

As the well known Joe Pfeiffer said...
->
->   PS:  By the way:  Would you think, that tooltips on insensitive
->		items are reasonable or not, regardingless the technical problems.
->		If the effort is to high I would leave them out but I wanted to
->		tell the user *why* it is insensitive.  Its a design question.
->
->Seems like a terrific idea, for exactly the use you envisage.  No, I
->don't have time to implement it either....

	[this is quite out of subject but]

	You should have a look to the 'interface hall of shame' at
	http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.htm.
	Dig into it, you'll find interesting things about tooltips.
	In particular, I think that using a tooltip on an inactive
	widget is just like saying "You see me ? I'm saying that you
	cannot use this widget. Hard, huh ?". I think this hides a
	bad design in your app. I may explain you what I mean
	in private mails if you want.

	Sorry if I disturbed sane coders gtk-based dreams.	

	Regards,
->-- 
->Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D.       Phone -- (505) 646-1605
->Department of Computer Science       FAX   -- (505) 646-1002
->New Mexico State University          http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer

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