> explicit help button that toggles an overlay with help bubbles would be best. D'oh, good call, totally missed help overlay. > Interesting, this is what Gary pointed in the "Simple help system for Sugar" thread. Forgive a stupid question, but I'm not sure where to find the existing Sugar help designs to get context. The sugar labs wiki? On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:43, Bert Freudenberg <<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>> wrote: > > On 27.03.2012, at 15:24, Manuel Quiñones wrote: > > > El día 27 de marzo de 2012 08:04, Bert Freudenberg > > <<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>> escribió: > >> IMHO, an explicit help button that toggles an overlay with help bubbles would be best. Takes up less space than actual labels. Here's an example: > >> > >> <a href="http://thedigitalstory.com/2012/03/5_tips_for_working_w.html">http://thedigitalstory.com/2012/03/5_tips_for_working_w.html</a> > > > > Interesting, this is what Gary pointed in the "Simple help system for Sugar" thread. > > > Yes, that, and also combined with your idea of an overlayed help window. > > Tapping the help button brings up the bubbles with a short description. But some bubbles also link to a more complete help widget. I'm referring to this screenshot: > > <a href="http://thedigitalstory.com/2012/03/08/iPhoto_for_iPad.png">http://thedigitalstory.com/2012/03/08/iPhoto_for_iPad.png</a> > > Tapping the arrow on the right of these bubbles opens a Help window in the middle of the screen, and jumps to the relevant page. It's organized hierarchically, and articles have hyperlinks to related topics. Plus there's full text search. > > - Bert - > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a>