Re: [Usability] Disable Tooltips, what is that about?

[Mario Vukelic <mario vukelic dantian org>]

On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 21:04, Alan Horkan wrote:
> While attempting to do some User Interface review I noticed that quite a
> few applictions have an option to disable tooltips.
> 
> It seems quite strange to do this on an application by application basis
> and it might be something to consider doing at a desktop or even toolkit
> level.  

I don't think that it is a bad idea to have it on a per-app basis. I
even seem to faintly recall a discussion going on about this, maybe in
the beginning of G2. Can't find it now, though.

My reasoning would go like this: Say I use Galeon every day, and,
obviously, also the G2 Desktop. But I am a casual user of Gnumeric. I do
not want to have annoying tooltips pop up all the time in the Desktop
and in Galeon. I know these in an out. But when I use Gnumeric, they are
incredibly helpful, as from use to use I forget what all the stuff is.
So, why should I be forced to have either all tooltips, or none?

I think it would be much better to have sane way to, say, have a general
setting that effects all apps, except those where I specify otherwise

Kind regards, M