[haiku-development] Re: WebPositive misleading tool tip on new tab
- From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:39:43 -0500
On 2/24/13, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> Am 24.02.2013 um 13:18 schrieb Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> For me there is another argument against tooltips - there's a distraction
>> cost for experienced users.
> You argument sounds good, but it depends very much on how great you consider
> the chance of the mouse accidentally resting on an action icon. My whole
> argument is based on the assumption that this happens extremely rarely.
> Otherwise I would totally agree with you that the distraction cost is huge
> and tool tips are evil. I think if what you say were actually a problem,
> then there would have been an outrage a long time ago, since before the
> recent changes, the X icon on the tabs in Web+ had the tool-tip. It would
> also have been the first argument to make against them. But instead people
> argue mostly that the button is simply too obvious, or that tool-tips don't
> improve things anyway.
There are two issues that are being mixed up:
1. tooltips on toolbars
2. tooltips on UI controls
It is the latter that I have an issue with. A user should be expected
to learn and remember the mechanics of the UI.
Conversely, they should not be expected to learn the function of each
toolbar icon in every application, which is why tooltips on toolbars
is OK. And yes, I do agree with the consistency of "if one ambiguous
toolbar icon necessitates a tooltip, the remaining ones in that
specific toolbar should have one.
As I stated before (and Simon explained much more thoroughly), Haiku's
UI is designed to be minimally distracting. Adding tooltips to UI
controls opens a door that Haiku should not open.
--mmadia
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