By John Gruber
For 138 years Lady Liberty watched over us — now it’s time to return the favor.
System 7’s Balloon Help had an elegant solution to the “Why is this menu item disabled?” problem. Apple encouraged developers to provide separate Balloon Help strings for each state an item could be in; so, you could hover over a disabled menu item and Balloon Help would explain why the item was disabled.
★ Tuesday, 1 July 2008