From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
Subject: Re: Tooltips and menus
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 13:43:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k68f9kim.fsf@olgas.newt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2ac9buq8m.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk
Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
> Display tooptips in minibuffer would be nice:-)
This would break de-facto usability guidelines.
The minibuffer should not be used for functions that are initiated by
the mouse. If you mouse over an item, you get a tooltip, not text in
the minibuffer. If you select a menu item which requires input, you
get a popup, not a question in the minibuffer.
The reason for this is that the user is looking at the mouse, not the
minibuffer.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-21 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-21 17:08 Tooltips and menus Richard Stallman
2006-05-21 19:34 ` Leon
2006-05-21 20:43 ` Bill Wohler [this message]
2006-05-21 21:51 ` Ralf Angeli
2006-05-21 22:12 ` Leon
2006-05-21 22:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-05-21 20:16 ` Chong Yidong
2006-05-22 15:11 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-22 15:17 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-22 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-23 6:29 ` Jan Djärv
2006-05-23 8:30 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-23 8:57 ` Jan Djärv
2006-05-23 13:59 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-24 2:18 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-24 3:27 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-24 19:20 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-23 0:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-23 8:24 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-23 0:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-05-23 1:26 ` Chong Yidong
2006-05-23 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-23 7:40 ` Jason Rumney
2006-05-23 8:27 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-24 2:17 ` Richard Stallman
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