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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Initial welcome application info
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-11-26 9:44:47
Message-ID: 200411261044.51386.zander () kde ! org
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On Thursday 25 November 2004 19:59, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Thursday 25 November 2004 07:27, Jan Muehlig wrote:
> > If you install Linux (or get it preinstalled or use a live cd), you get
> > a lot of applications installed. Normally, you can hardly conclude from
> > the name what the application does for you. The menu only gives limited
> > hints.
>
> yes, it would nicer if the menu had tooltips that were useful

Not only tooltips, but statusbar help as well.
In my (java based) application framework each Action object has a tooltip and 
a whatsthis text.  The whatsthis text can be the longest.
When I mouse over the menu-entries this long text appears in the statusbar. 
Since it changes every time I move from one menuitem to the next, it is my 
experience that enough people notice it when they are searching, but its 
totally non-annoying when directly going for an entry.
Note that the statusbar text has a 'temporary' flag set so the last showing 
statusbar text re-appears when I leave the menus.

Maybe something KDE should strive to implement as well..
-- 
Thomas Zander

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