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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE 4.2 Toolbars
From:       Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins () wp ! pl>
Date:       2008-11-20 11:42:41
Message-ID: 200811201242.41549.bluedzins () wp ! pl
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On Thursday 20 November 2008 12:13:30 Mike Arthur wrote:

> > I didn't understand you -- what assumption?
> That tooltips are useful for new users.

Probably true, but I put it in such way -- icon+text buttons are much 
better than icon buttons + tooltips.

> > If user is unable to discover tooltip at all, how she/he is
> > supposed to discover specialized plugin for turning immediate
> > tooltips on?
> I'm not suggesting a specialized plugin, I'm perhaps suggesting
> something that is on by default (but could be turned off if
> annoying specialised users).

Now I am puzzled, so what this feature would do? Previously you wrote 
about clicking, but you cannot do this because clicking means "do 
this", not "show help".

Quote:
"
Basically, if you turn it on 
then it will, if you click a button in the menu or toolbar, show you 
the keyboard shortcut so I can learn the keyboard shortcuts quickly.
"

So if it should be default it has to work differently. 

> Really what I personally think is that the defaults should be as
> usable as possible for novice users and then advanced users can
> tweak it to how they want, as they will actually find the options
> to turn things on/off which novices are unlikely to.

I agree here.

Remark: I am not entirely sure that the weekend user is ready for 
learning keyboard shortcuts. I can hardly imagine someone relying 
entirely on toolbar and on the other hand eager to learn default 
shortcuts. 

Weekend-users are not explorers, they are just survivors.

Cheers,
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