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> 
> > IMHO, people that are new and use "common" applications will be
> > surprised by tooltips in menus.  Not a lot of applications
> > have them.  I've never seen them on any Mac or MS Windows application.
> 
> Confusing users is bad.  But surprising them isn't.
> 

If it is a negative surprise, it is.  I don't know what this would be.
Anybody knows someone who can do a usability test on this? :-)

	Jan D.