🚀 go-pugleaf

I appreciate that Mike took the time to "break a lance" in support of the
person asking the question and for the "friendly" sentiments he champions
for interaction on the net:  quite honestly, I thought of several other
things as possible reasons for "that little icon", and did not think of
Easy Access either....  and am not ashamed to admitting to it.

I do not believe in the RTFM-sentiment, because I am certain that it had no
entry in the index for "that little icon in the top right corner of the
menubar" and I do not believe in having to scan half a dozen of manuals
or docs which could be the source of information for something that there
is no telling what causes it.


The real problem is that the user-interface lacks a HELP-key or a MENU-entry
(with some settable command-key-equivalence) to allow the user to select
something on the DeskTop and ask:  "What's That?! ...  I consider this to
be the most glaring absence in Apple's attempt at user-friendliness.
imagine, a standard programmer interface to connect helpful information
to most anything that appears on the screen !!  what a blessing for us
overworked and underpaid (and understaffed) brotherhood of support-volunteers
for the Macintosh;  rather than RTFM one could say:  "do you know how one
can ask for HELP about anything that appears on the screen?"

Wouldn't that be wonderful ?!!!


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