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From: klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: removing balloon help....
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Date: 13 Jun 91 06:34:14 GMT
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In article <1991Jun12.190156.29819@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
>In article <14011@goofy.Apple.COM> rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes:
>>> So tell me, has anybody sucessfully removed the balloon help icon
>>> from the menu bar?
>>
>
>Can you say, "It covers up my clock"?

Can you say "deal with it until the init writer comes out with a new one?"
I have used SuperClock 3.9 with 7.0, and have seen the clock move over to
the left once the help menu is initially drawn.  Maybe we don't have the
same experiences.
>
>Can you say, "I won't EVER use it with ANY of my applications"?

I thought that too, but with apps like Canvas 3.0, etc., it is very helpful
to have balloon help pop up when you need to see what a cryptic icon in
a palette does, etc.  It's a good feature.  BTW, not all Macintosh users
have the knowledge that net posters do!  Balloon Help is a great service
to all users of the Macintosh.
>
>Can you say, "The USER is in control, not the COMPUTER, and if the USER
>wants it to go away, who are YOU to gainsay it"?

If you want it to go away, I'm sure that there's a way to "hack it out"
by an init or something -- why the hell not just leave it alone?  It's
the HELP MANAGER, you know, and it's pretty integrated.  It's very nice.


When QuickTime is released, it'd be very nice to be able to get extended
balloon help with movies showing a very small (hence fast) snippet of animation
with sound, depicting some of an applications's features.

I really think Balloon Help is great.  Nobody ever runs around with it ON
all the time.  The main point is this -- if you are a new Mac user or just
got a new app, you can boot up your machine, and play with help on and see
what everything does.

Steve Klingsporn
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