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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: QWhatsThis - how to use it in dialogs now ?
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-11-30 23:06:38
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> i don't mean to be critical of ideas here, but the whole "?" thing seems to me
> to be a singularly bad one. people who *need* it are pretty unlikely to have
> much to do with linux anyway, get a cousin to load games onto their pcs for
> them, use web-tv, and at work still employ the step-by-step "now press the alt
> key and the s key at the same time to save your work" xeroxed handout they were
> given their first day of work, three years ago. in short, it's kind of like
> getting someone to translate the help files to hieroglyphics or sanskrit -- a
> lot of work for a nonexistent user base and a user base that is unlikely ever
> to exist.

What's This? help can be dumb, yes. It can be very useful, though, and provide
real help  (i.e. in kppp).  

Is the concept of a README file wrong, because there are brain-dead examples
out there?

Matthias

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