Re: Better default values for tooltip padding and `tooltip-hide-delay'?

[Lennart Borgman]

Drew Adams wrote:

> 1. The tooltip font size should be the same as the size of the frame default
> font.
>
> 2. Users should be able to explicitly change the tooltip font size (only).
>
> Moving to a smaller font automatically is a bad idea. Some people have
> difficulty with small text, so they set the frame font to a readable size.
> Automatically introducing smaller text presents an unnecessary obstacle to
> them.
>  
I really agree. The question must not only be what looks most nice. We 
should also care about people having viewing difficulties.

BTW this is a rather common problem in web design also. Unfortunately it 
is not always taken care of in a accessability review since it might 
focus on people with very bad disabilities.