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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: WhatsThis idea
From:       John Tapsell <john () geola ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-02-10 17:59:47
Message-ID: 200502101759.47915.john () geola ! co ! uk
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An interesting idea.  One thing I have ponder that is similiar is to have the 
user run "amor", and the amor gives the whatsthis when you hover over the 
widget.

On Thursday 10 February 2005 00:20, Manuel Amador wrote:
> I have a (humbly - LOL) better idea which may improve usability of
> WhatsThis.  After pressing the WhatsThis button, the context-sensitive
> tooltips that currently appear when clicked on the element should appear
> when hovering them.  It saves clicks and improves discoverability.
> Naturally they should appear in a way that they don't block the
> underlying control, since we expect users to use the app while WhatsThis
> is active.
>
> El lun, 07-02-2005 a las 14:08 -0700, Aaron J. Seigo escribió:
> > On Monday 07 February 2005 01:13, John Tapsell wrote:
> > >   For a tooltip, could it be changed so that an icon appears in the
> > > tooltip to indicate when there is WhatsThis help?  It can be hard for
> > > the user to know when there is WhatsThis help.  And as a developer when
> > > I add the info, it would be nice to know the user can check it without
> > > assuming it hasn't been done.
> >
> > in KDE4, WhatsThis targets will be highlighted when in WhatsThis mode.
> > noting this in the tooltips still means users would have to hunt and
> > search, so highlighting will be a nice tool. linking tooltips to
> > WhatsThis, so users can essentially "expand" on the help is another
> > interesting concept, however, that could compliment these plans nicely..
> > hmmm..
> >
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