From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T05:35:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Question regarding postings in comp.lang.ruby

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:26:33AM +0900, Rob Sanheim wrote:
> On 8/1/06, Justin Collins <collinsj@seattleu.edu> wrote:
> [snip]
> >>
> >> Or use Gmane, which has a decent web interface.  The interface at
> >> Namazu is horrible - I don't think I've ever remembered what button
> >> does what until clicking on a few blindly.  Not to mention they all
> >> are about 2px by 2px.
> >>
> >Hovering over them tells you what they do ;)
> >
> >-Justin
> 
> Yeah, I know - but a good UI is one where you don't have to hover and
> wait for tool tip help.    The icons should be immediately obvious.

. . . to say nothing of the fact that not everyone in the world uses
Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Opera.  "Hovering" doesn't tell you squat
if you're using Lynx, for instance.

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