Re: [Usability] Save Icon

[Iain * <iaingnome gmail com>]

> > >  But they could have affected  these people in a positive way without
> > > affecting anyone in a negative way, like I suggested. Instead of creating a
> > > Go button, simply add a tooltip for these people.
> >
> > A tooltip would have annoyed other people: Me for instance...it feels
> > like clippy
> > "I see you've typed a URL...if you press enter, then it might actually
> > do something"
> >
>
> But *you*'d never see the tooltip, so it would never annoy you. The
> tooltip would appear only if you typed something but didn't press Enter
> for a long time.

Thats a large presumption. Are you are aware of my url typing habits?
Its possible that I would type the half of a URL that I know, and go
and have to look for the rest of a URL, creating a large pause, when I
return there's a damn tooltip telling me that I need to press Enter. I
think I might encounter the tooltip more often that you seem to think
I might.

> I think it was Steve Jobs (in his
> NeXT days) that said that one of the things they used to do to design
> their applications was making sure people didn't need the help system.

And yet, putting a button that says "Go" seems to be making sure that
people don't need the help system, as opposed to your proposal that
decides that you're a bit thick and shows you the help system whether
you want it or not.

iain