The technique of focusing attention one place while something important
is happening another is called misdirection.
In stage magic it is considered a good thing.
In interface design it is considered a bad thing.
A few less magicians and a few more UI developers at PTC would be nice.
Maybe it's all better in WF4.
On a similar note - hovering the pointer over a section name in the view
manager window -long enough- will show the name of the related datum
feature as a tool tip. In this case the misdirection is temporal rather
than spatial, but it comes to the same result.
Dave S.
Michael Jenkins wrote:
> I don't know how your config win is set up but for me whenever I hover
> over an icon the explanation is shown down in the very bottom left in
> the information window...
>
> In Reply to Terry Partridge:
>
> Here is a another list that has quite a few WF4 updates.
>
> (Originally from a helpful PTC tech rep, then edited.)
>
> Would still be good if Pro/E had pop-up descriptions for the
> icons, as
> well as for the little boxes next to them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry...
>
