On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) < smazeland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mark Holmquist mtraceur@member.fsf.orgwrote:
I *want* there
to be long-form descriptions of these features. People are working on
them and want to "sell" them to users, and this is their chance. ...
... People don't read. Really, they don't[1].
Indeed, except when you do want to know more. So offer more info: in a tooltip, a link to more info, or an "expanded explanation".
The create account form tells you to enter a username, and some people (who really want the username "Foo@☺ Admin") need a longer explanation. E3 tried a tipsy pop-up but I think a label that expands to provide more info would be a useful gadget in both places.