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>   > The way I use tooltips is to pause over something and wait to see if
>   > something pops up; if nothing does, I just think `oh there's no tooltip
>   > for that.'

That's how it works on all systems I have ever seen.

>The problem is not with experts, but with people just learning.  Such
>people think that Emacs is broken when they don't see a tooltip.

When there is a row of buttons, one of which has a tooltip, I expect a
tooltip for every other button in the row.  You get the idea.