From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gtk version getting closer Date: 14 Nov 2002 23:03:05 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200211131535.gADFZ2MU021319@stubby.bodenonline.com> <2427-Thu14Nov2002215748+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037372817 15906 80.91.224.249 (15 Nov 2002 15:06:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Ci3Y-00048A-00 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:06:52 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18CiGT-00018a-00 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:20:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Ci2d-0003nT-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:05:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18Chfb-0002Ot-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:42:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18ChfX-0002Nq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:42:06 -0500 Original-Received: from carbon.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.92]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18ChfW-0002NZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from host213-122-234-21.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.234.21] helo=nyaumo.btinternet.com) by carbon.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #15) id 18ChfU-0006mR-00; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:42:00 +0000 Original-Received: from nyaumo.btinternet.com (nyaumo.btinternet.com [127.0.0.1]) by nyaumo.btinternet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6614AE21; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:03:06 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: <2427-Thu14Nov2002215748+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9455 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9455 "Eli Zaretskii" writes: > Really? Please click on any menu-bar item in the Internet Explorer, > then move the mouse pointer across the menu that drops down, and watch > the bottom of the IE display, the area we call ``echo area''. I have been using Windows for years, and only noticed this recently. Who looks at the echo/status area when they are selecting menus at the top of the window? Tooltips are a much better solution.