#What should HELP do?
10-Apr-89 14:14:26
Sb: #43442-#What should HELP do?
Fm: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
To: John Draper 76703,4322
Larry,
While I see Don's point, and agree with it to a degree, there IS a reason
for changing the way it's done right now. I don't know of any programs now
that will give context sensitive help dependent upon mouse position (that
doesn't mean none exist, I just don't know about them). By not supporting the
Help key as you propose, things will remain as they are. How many applications
offer context sensitive help now? How many would if the Help key were a system
function? I'd say almost all — if from competitive pressure alone or from
user pressure (what's this? No help? An incomplete program, I wonder what
else is missing — maybe I should look for spelling errors too <grin>).
-sja