[squeak-dev] New Help Feature for System Windows

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Wed Apr 6 12:11:21 UTC 2016


Well, being orthodox is not always bad ;)

Common practice is to have a dark overlay explaining the parts of the UI, which is dismissed fully by clicking:

https://www.google.com/search?q=help+overlay&tbm=isch

I wouldn’t abuse help balloons for this at all.

- Bert -


> On 06.04.2016, at 01:08, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One idea; what if the new "?" button toggles these balloons on/off so
> that, when they're "on" they just stay there, centered in the lists..
> 
> Who cares if they obscure one line in the middle, just scroll around
> it..(although it may not work for the annotation pane, because its
> short).
> 
> Unorthodox, I know.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:09 AM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
>> Here a more eye-friendly overlay:
>> 
>> <http://forum.world.st/file/n4888350/window-help-3.png>
>> 
>> Best,
>> Marcel
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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