#What should HELP do?
11-Apr-89 15:57:18
Sb: #43599-#What should HELP do?
Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
To: John Draper 76703,4322
continuation….
If the mouse is outside the current window…you get generic help with
the program in the current window. If the mouse is on an object in the current
window…fine, if you want…give them context sensitive help with that.
If you've got a stack of reports on your desk and are working on
them…where is the report you're working on? I ceratinly hope it's on top
where you can see what you're doing. If you suddenly decide you want help on a
report in the middle…don't you think you should at least pull that report out
and put it on top so you can see what you're doing?
If you're in an office taking to Joe, and suddenly want to talk to
Bill…do you yell across the room, or do you go over to Bill's workspace and
talk to him?
I realize that the above aren't exact examples, because I know of no
exact examples of mouse position vs keyboard key similarities in real
life…but the above are close.
Don