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Subject:Re: Name for Help From:Mike Pope <mikep -at- ASYMETRIX -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:08:00 PDT
>I developers of the system I am documenting a system have added single
>line descriptions of the menu item, screen object, etc. along the bottom of
>the current window. Although this information is context sensitive (the
>message describes the object the mouse is currently pointing to) and it is
>helpful-- "context-sensitive help" sounds overblown for the amount of
>information provided.
Our is "status line help". Of course, if you don't call the thing at the
bottom of your window a status line, that might not work...
