Re: [Gaim-devel] PROPOSED PATCH : Freakin' annoying tooltips

[Vince <lo...@in...>]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:00:33AM -0800, Christian Hammond wrote:

> Heck, if it'll stop this mind-boggingly stupid thread, you're
> encouraged to roll your own packages.

I'm not personally that bothered by the tooltip problem (even though I
do find they pop up too often when I'm just browsing my buddy list).
However, ignore the "demands" for disabling tooltips and step back for a
second - concentrate on the fundamental problem - why are people
demanding it when it's not in every other app with tooltips?

And IMO the reason is because Gaim's tooltips are somewhat intrusive.
The request for a pref is just a symptom of a problem in the UI.  I'm
not stomping my foot demanding you fix it, nor am I going to tell you
what to do about it.

I think this thread has gone too far into some lame "developers vs
users" ranting on both sides.  All I want is for you to step back for a
second and consider that maybe the tooltips are being too intrusive, and
that's causing the other complaints.


   Vince

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