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<pre wrap="">I agree. My take on tooltips is they cover a real need to let people know
what they are using. Sometimes, they are too long, I also agree. But
overall, they are paving the way to a good usage of the application. I would
not throw that away. Maybe, for some knowledgeable users, a way in the Prefs
to turn them out.
Also, as a translator, these tooltips are great to understand a specific
functionality.
Louis
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Something that has been mentioned before, but somewhat lost in this
thread, is that you may need tooltips in some scenarios, ie warnings
perhaps, and more general help in a panel area in the app other
times.<br>
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I dont particularly find tooltips an annoyance either. But what I do
find useful and have mentioned before is that Inkscape has a useful
feature (and is a similar app in many ways), where at the bottom the
screen in a single line in the GUI interface there is always mention
of how you can use the button (command) that you are hovering over
or have selected. ie if you are using a Move tool, this line adds
info that is pertinent to <u>exactly</u> what you are doing. <br>
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ie if on a left hand top grab bar of an object, it says 'Rotate
selection, with Cntrl (in Bold) to scale uniformaly, with Shift to
scale around rotation centre'. So if you're not sure for example
how to scale it uniformly it gives you a clue. Using other grab bars
on same object gives different relevant info on the possible actions
from here. I've found this type of system with a more complicated
app such as a graphics tool like Inkscape, really really useful.<br>
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Julian<br>
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