Re: Re: [Usability]<What\'s this?> button

[Gediminas Paulauskas <menesis delfi lt>]

>On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 10:58, Gediminas Paulauskas wrote:
>> axel c wrote:
>> > hi there,
>> > 
>
>> Instead of "What's this" popup menu, which you need to click to get a 
>> tooltip displayed (total two clicks), simply display the tooltip for 
>> entries which may need explanation (no clicks, only hover).
>> 
>
>well, i didnt explain myself too well. The hypothetical button im
>speaking about would go a bit deeper in explanation than a tooltip. it
>could give some general guidelines on concepts, etc, always as optional
>information for the interested. i think this would be annoying in a
>normal tooltip, which i think is for immediate help, not for background
>information and etc. i was thinking of something like a 'parallel
>information' system. A ToolTipi would be the *technical* way of
>displaying the data, but the functionality would not be the same as that
>of the current tooltips...

The button is named "Help", sits in lower left corner of dialog, and when you press it an explanation of what this dialog is for and what every entry means is displayed.... Now how is this different from current help system?

>> In windows, just yesterday I looked at some configuration dialog and 
>> tried pressing right mouse button on every control I didn\'t understand, 
>> but only some of them had "What's this" help. I found such behavior very 
>> annoying.
>> 
>
>Well, because windows sucks :) but if it was done consistently, it
>would  be great... wouldn't it?

No, I mean "What's this" idea is bad. It is hidden, so requires to click on an element to test if it has a tooltip or not.


Gediminas Paulauskas
Lithuania
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