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

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 09:24, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Calum Benson">
> 
> > So my pessimistic guess is that an idea like this would take too much
> > effort to ever work really well in GNOME, given that not all GNOME hackers
> > are known for their dedication to writing documentation, and a fair number
> > of the rest of us are just crap at it ;)
> 
> I strongly, vehemently, and violently disagree.

I've never seen a user use the what's this button.  Is there any
usability data on its success?  I often have to help the user select
help from the menu--I doubt add the button will really help the user. 
Better tooltips that explain the function, or lead the user to
documentation is the correct fix.  

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