SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: [Sigia-l] Rollover Question (Web 2.0)
Re: [Sigia-l] Rollover Question (Web 2.0)
On Sep 29, 2006, at 8:40 AM, David ((Heller)) Malouf wrote:
> I understand what Todd is saying about not relying on them, but
> when I think
> about where I use them, I can't imagine the system being learnable
> without
> them.
>
> [...]
>
> Anyway, to me tooltips are a part of good design, not a crutch of bad
> design. Because good design of complex applications requires more than
> intuition, it requires learning through discoverability.
What I'm saying is that "great design" would use tooltips as a Plan B
– strive for an intuitive design that doesn't need them. They are
useful, but the design shouldn't depend on them.
Cheers!
Todd R. Warfel
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