<div dir="ltr">You make a good case for when a balloon is being used for the purpose of "baloon help", e.g., getting an explanation of what is being pointed at. However there are other use-cases for balloons where they need to be able to point to a particular morph other than the Hand.<div>
<br></div><div>So, I think BalloonMorph needs to remain flexible, but select callers could maybe direct the target at the Hand instead..<br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Marcel Taeumel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcel.taeumel@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de" target="_blank">marcel.taeumel@student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
...but pinned to the object/morph they explain? Sure, the objects want to<br>
"explain themserlves". :D That's why, I suppose, there is a speech bubble.<br>
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However, imagine a bigger morph, where the cursor enters one corner and the<br>
user waits for explanation. The user has to look for the tooltip but is<br>
currently focused on the cursor.<br>
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I argue that tooltips should always appear at the users current locus of<br>
attention, which is directly after a hovering action the mouse cursor.<br>
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Comments? :)<br>
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Best,<br>
Marcel<br>
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