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Subject:TW forward From:"Geoff Hart (by way of \"Eric J. Ray\" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>)" <ght -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:04:48 -0600
David O'Brien wondered about the icon equivalent for "context
sensitive help". It's certainly still context-sensitive help (because
the _help_ exists solely in the _context_ of the specific tool or
icon), but the more usual specific phrase for this is "tool tips". On
the Mac, another specific term is "balloon help". Any of the above
will work fine.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
"You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it
means."--Inigo Montoya
