Re: tooltips

At 12:26 10/07/2002 +0200, Nils Faerber wrote:
>On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 16:17:43 +0100
>Tobias Grasl <toby_at_grasl.com> wrote:
> > I think this is an excellent idea. Personally, I thought the tool-tip
> > feature in the calendar is brilliant, and if we can keep something like it
> > it would be great.
>
>What especially do you like about tooltips?
>I have the impression that tooltips do only exist to hide some other flaw.
>For example in the todo application (sorry, no flame! I really like it!) I
>always wonder which icon-button does what and then I use the tooltip to
>figure out.
>But isn't the button misdesigned then? Shouldn't the button be much more
>self explanatory so that a tooltip becomes unnecessary?

Actually, it was the use in the calendar that I liked - hover over the date
and it shows you the entry.

Toby
Received on Wed Jul 10 2002 - 16:05:07 EDT