Re: Help functions nonexistent :-(

From	Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Help functions nonexistent :-(
Date	2016-10-12 17:40 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<VA.00000be5.0fb35adf@me.invalid> (permalink)
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In article <ntl2vd$d39$2@dont-email.me>, Crankypuss wrote:
> On my linux laptop, when I move the cursor over an icon, a tooltip
> pops up to offer a clue to what the silly-assed little picture is
> going to cause if I'm gullible enough to click it.  If I'm looking
> for "copy" and the tooltip says "delete", then I know not to click
> it.
> 
> On touchscreen devices (Android or iOS) you get no clues.

Excellent point, well made.

> The user-interfaces are uniformly lame because they are designed for 
> children.

Not for children ... I don't think that's the point ... for devices that 
don't allow rich interaction with the hardware. If there isn't a pointer 
to hover over the stupid little picture then the software doesn't know 
to give you a tooltip, and if you only have a touch-screen rather than a 
proper pointing device then the hardware won't know where to draw a 
pointer for you to let it hover.

> Kids work the things just fine.

Only if they know what the stupid little pictures mean!

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.

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    Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 17:43 -0700
      Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 18:05 +0000
        Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 14:40 -0400
        Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 14:39 -0700
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 17:46 -0400
        Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 04:18 -0600
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 08:06 -0700
            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 11:40 -0400
            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 16:41 +0100
              Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 14:33 -0700
            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 17:46 +0000
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-10-12 17:40 +0100
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 17:52 +0000
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-10-13 09:41 +0300
            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-10-14 21:31 -0400
              Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-10-18 09:27 +0300
                Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-10-18 20:51 -0400
  Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-10-11 17:54 +0200
    Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 09:47 -0700
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