Programming is easy like riding a bike. Except the bike is on fire and you're on fire and everything is on fire and you're actually in hell (@matixmatix)
Please excuse me if this is a bit off topic, but I think this is the perfect post to ask for some advice about tooltips.
I love how tooltips allow us to show our users a little help text about UI elements, and I've added tooltips to most of my web app elements. But after using the app for a little while they become a bit annoying.
I think maybe I could keep a track of how many times a tooltip is shown to the user, and disable it after N times. This N value could be small for frequently used elements and a bit higher for elements that are rarely used. This count could be kept in local storage or maybe saved in the server's user profile.
Has anyone already faced and solved this issue? Any advice or best practice on how to handle it? Thanks!
Hey Koas,
I wonder if perhaps a step-by-step tutorial would be a good replacement?
Then users could get the guide if they need and go back to it at any time and advanced users could skip it.
I'm sure there would a service or library to help implement.
Programming is easy like riding a bike. Except the bike is on fire and you're on fire and everything is on fire and you're actually in hell (@matixmatix)
Programming is easy like riding a bike. Except the bike is on fire and you're on fire and everything is on fire and you're actually in hell (@matixmatix)
Please excuse me if this is a bit off topic, but I think this is the perfect post to ask for some advice about tooltips.
I love how tooltips allow us to show our users a little help text about UI elements, and I've added tooltips to most of my web app elements. But after using the app for a little while they become a bit annoying.
I think maybe I could keep a track of how many times a tooltip is shown to the user, and disable it after N times. This N value could be small for frequently used elements and a bit higher for elements that are rarely used. This count could be kept in local storage or maybe saved in the server's user profile.
Has anyone already faced and solved this issue? Any advice or best practice on how to handle it? Thanks!
Hey Koas,
I wonder if perhaps a step-by-step tutorial would be a good replacement?
Then users could get the guide if they need and go back to it at any time and advanced users could skip it.
I'm sure there would a service or library to help implement.
Yes, a tutorial would definitely be the way to go!
If you find any good tools for implementing one, I'd love to hear about it :D
Hey, I came across this today which might be useful for you 😊
boardme.io/
Looks great, thanks!! 🙂