Allow users to disable pop-up resource previews - New option in program settings

Stephen Otto
Stephen Otto Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
edited January 21 in English Feedback

Too often the pop-up resource previews are intrusive for some users who wish to be able to navigate the application using the mouse pointer without frequent visual interruptions. Occasionally, the pop-ups even block important information on smaller screens and some thought must be dedicated to determine how to remove the pop-up and restore visual contact with the important data. Some users benefit from the pop-ups, but users who do not benefit should be given the option to disable them.

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  • DMM
    DMM Member Posts: 140 ✭✭✭

    I have always found these annoying. I don't understand why they couldn't make it pop up after you've held your mouse over it for say 5 seconds? but when you're just moving your mouse, it's incredibly annoying to have all those popups!

  • Stephen Otto
    Stephen Otto Member Posts: 30 ✭✭

    Regarding the speed with which the pop-ups appear, I have a hunch that Logos engineers set the timing back in the day when our slower hardware and disk access times inherently produced a reasonable delay. That's no longer the case with our current specs including SSD's. The popups are nearly lightning-instantaneous.

  • Stephen Otto
    Stephen Otto Member Posts: 30 ✭✭

    The problem is worse when trying to navigate drop-down menus, eq, the parallel resource lists. These menus have proliferated in Logos, and the pop-ups tend to completely osbscure list options. A work-around is to position the pointer in the gutter of the menu, but that requires very precise pointer placement.

  • Ziad Jawad
    Ziad Jawad Member Posts: 5 ✭
    edited January 21

    or, put it right on the view toolbar with options on which pop ups to enable or disable.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,875

    I never see the resource popups unless I specifically hover over them to do so. I work mainly with the mouse and the command line so I don't know what I do differently to make this a non-issue. But I am living proof that for some users this is not an issue. The suggestion is a solid suggestion for those who have this problem.

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  • Frank Sauer
    Frank Sauer Member Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭✭

    Like MJ mentioned, I rarely see them - as I don't hover over the Resource Titles often. I do think it could be a valuable option for some users. Voted

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