Re: tooltips

From: Joseph J. McCarthy <mccarthy_at_granular.che.pitt.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:10:23 -0400

>> 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:

I dont believe that it will do anything if you "hover" over a date, but
a single click will show you events in the month-view and a
double-click (I believe) will do so in the year-view (we hope to
re-write the year-view to be more like the month view one of these
days!).

Nils: Feels free to supply better pixmaps for the buttons! :)
Seriously, I am sure that my show/hide yin/yang thing stinks, but I
didnt have a better one.

Any suggestions along those lines should go to dc (when he gets settled
in Japan).

Regards.

Joe
Received on Wed Jul 10 2002 - 16:11:24 EDT

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