[ge-talk] help SW

[Paul van Nugteren]

> 1. I want to see the tool tip, but then I have to wait... I find this
> case very frustrating (e.g.: check the current date on the WinXP task
> bar).

Windows is particulary stupid also in this regard, most f-up is that
those balloons prevent tooltips to pop-up.

> 2. I'm not interested in the tool tip, but in most cases it doesn't
> get in my way and in the other cases it's not a problem to move the
> mouse somewhere else.

Sometimes they tend to have too much text which blocks the rest. Those
double underlined links in some webpages do get more annoying because of
the frequent pop-up, but they can be avoided sure.
> 
> Some apps seem to work around this delay by providing a status bar at
> the bottom (Firefox, Explorer, ...), but this means that the object
> you point at and the information about the object are displayed at
> separate places (indirection) and the available screen space is used
> ineffectively.

I'm all for modifier keys, press ? and mousebutton 1 to get help in a
context, sounds very good to me. Of course when you have / and
shift'+'/'=''?' then pressing / and mousebutton1 should give the same
result, just for convinience.

I'm also for easy modifier keys, so there were there is no trouble or
focus on a text input field there I should await that 'alt-key' should
do the same as for just 'key'. Also preconfigured ctrl+arrows or
alt+arrows should jump to next/previous word, that includes the
terminal. Oh I love the select middleclick-paste X has :-)
 
> 
> I've used apps which show tool tips without any delay (mostly web
> apps) and I've always liked that. I think we should get rid of delays
> wherever possible/practical.
> 
> Bye,
> Waldemar Kornewald
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