[Sigia-l] Rollover Question (Web 2.0)

[Todd Warfel]

On Sep 28, 2006, at 11:55 PM, Andrew wrote:

> [...]and some of them definitely do use the mouse pointer as a  
> guide when they are browsing around the page - they do look for  
> rollovers and tooltips prior to making a click decision. Not all of  
> them, but enough so that meaningful tooltips are worthwhile.

He's not saying don't use them. He's saying don't rely on them. And  
I'd agree. Great design doesn't rely on tooltips. Hmm, I think I'll  
add that to my sig...


Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
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