"I don't have a monopoly on "right"" - you do.  Were there any bugs
similar to this one before Lucid with the opposite goal - remove
tooltips? I think not :)

"I can't claim to know absolute truth on the matter" - that's no excuse
for poor design choices, especially given the feedback from the
community on the matter - that's what Launchpad is for, right?

"we've taken a view, and want to stick with that." - We? or you?  I'm
guessing that the only people that agree with you on this are those that
don't want to rock the boat.  The few people that dislike tooltips can
disable them globally with the aid of a search engine.

"a messy interface", "irksomeness" - it has been said here many times:
menus were not designed to convey contextual information!  Having
tooltips in some parts of the desktop but not others leads to an
inconsistent interface (it feels broken).

"justification for the language used" - all language serves a purpose.
Movie directors (and responsible adults) purposely and willingly utilise
such language to convey strong messages.  There aren't many 3-year-olds
that have directed movies!

The Indicator applet would be excellent if it had tooltips; it is a good
idea of yours, but it is plagued by a few ill-thought-out design
decisions.  "If we are wrong, we'll fix it later" Please make it better
soon - too much pie eating will make Ubuntu overweight and bloated ;)

-- 
please include status messages/tooltips
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527458
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Reply via email to