Re: [Rails-devel] Push request: Correction bundle (Precise token label positioning, initial map image display, 1856 map)

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
>> That is an argument: however then it is surprising that pressing the left
>> mouse button removes the tooltip and still have the hex highlighted.
>> And If I move the mouse pointer over the tooltip, the tooltip remains, but
>> the hex itself is not highlighted anymore.
>
> Another idea might be to replace the tooltip by a message in some special
> area or status line.
> That would also remove the annoyance (at least to me), that the tooltip
> disappears after a very short while.
>
> Erik.
>

+1

I think it would be great to have a message area in one of the windows
(or maybe all of them) to present information to the user.

I'm not a fan of pop-ups (modal or otherwise). They tend to complicate
the UI's work flow without adding much value.

---Brett.