On May 24, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Lindsey Smith wrote:
Sure this easy to change, but I would prefer to focus more effort on the bigger picture right now which is to continue to define our standards instead of changing small items. That way we create a much stronger sense of consistency across the board. I think this is a good item to look at to spark a bigger discussion around all of our system notifications/tooltips
So let's start that discussion. Especially since Echo is on the way. Also, I believe there is discussion around an initial "here's how things work" thinger for mobile, so maybe this is an area we should look at sooner.
The way I see it, there are a few types of tooltips that we might end up with:
* "Help" tooltip hovers * "Additional Info" hovers * "Instant Info" hovers (which seem the same as additional info, but are context relative - like the one in my example. you don't know they're going to happen until they do.) * "Lookee Here" hovers (this is a new feature, you should look at it)
That's aside from anything like flyouts and the like.
The reason this is coming up now is because there's an upload wizard deployment soon, and i'd like to get some fixes in while we're able.
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