Comment 170 for bug 527458

"I don't have a monopoly on "right"" - you do. Were there any bugs similar to this one before Lucid with the opposite goal - remove tooltips? I think not :)

"I can't claim to know absolute truth on the matter" - that's no excuse for poor design choices, especially given the feedback from the community on the matter - that's what Launchpad is for, right?

"we've taken a view, and want to stick with that." - We? or you? I'm guessing that the only people that agree with you on this are those that don't want to rock the boat. The few people that dislike tooltips can disable them globally with the aid of a search engine.

"a messy interface", "irksomeness" - it has been said here many times: menus were not designed to convey contextual information! Having tooltips in some parts of the desktop but not others leads to an inconsistent interface (it feels broken).

"justification for the language used" - all language serves a purpose. Movie directors (and responsible adults) purposely and willingly utilise such language to convey strong messages. There aren't many 3-year-olds that have directed movies!

The Indicator applet would be excellent if it had tooltips; it is a good idea of yours, but it is plagued by a few ill-thought-out design decisions. "If we are wrong, we'll fix it later" Please make it better soon - too much pie eating will make Ubuntu overweight and bloated ;)