Angus Leeming wrote: > Jürgen, I'm a bit ambivalent about all these messages. It seems to me > that the user may suffer from sensory overload (aka MS paperclip) if > we aren't careful.
I know what you mean. I have thought about it too and thought about a possibility to switch off the messages... > I've just done a quick experiment and discovered that we can get > multiline tooltips with both xforms 0.89 and 0.88. > > I suggest, therefore, removing the "message" widget from these > dialogs and using the tooltips instead. A simple choice > Tooltips " None | Short | Verbose " > next to the Ok button will allow the user to turn these tooltips on > and off. > > What do you think? That's indeed a better approach. We don't have to enlarge the dialogs and experienced users don't get annoyed by the hints. Can you change the tooltip behaviour? I will change the dialogs. Thanks, Juergen.
