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See this?

All parts of the new top bar has a tooltip, e.g.

But the poor snow flake? Nothing. No tool, no tip.

Can a tooltip be added, to explain to the clueless user what this is all about? Something like "A list of hats you acquired across the network" sounds reasonable. :)

Edit: even in case of new hat(s) there's still no tooltip!

User will just hover helplessly over the number, wondering what's going to happen when clicking it.

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    Wow poor thing. Wait till you realize that clicking on the help button won't close the Winterbash menu.. Dec 19, 2013 at 13:57
  • @ins wow good catch! It doesn't interfere so might not be a bug though. :) Dec 19, 2013 at 13:58
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    @ShadowWizard That's a really good free hand circle. You even kept it in the bar!
    – SeanWM
    Dec 19, 2013 at 14:01
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    @SeanWM That's 3 years of practice right there... It used to look like this... Dec 19, 2013 at 14:02
  • Not only is the snowflake without tooltip but it doesn't behave as it siblings, opening the acheivement or inbox and moving the mouse over the other will open them... but not poor snowflake. Clicking the help menu close the inbox, so I think it should close the winterbash menu too. Dec 19, 2013 at 14:02
  • @SeanWM what Mr. Insert said... and I have only Meta folks to thank for this awesome skill I acquired! ;) Dec 19, 2013 at 14:03
  • @JonathanDrapeau so true... it's like the black sheep of the family. It's there, it's alive, but it's so... different. Dec 19, 2013 at 14:04
  • Also, it doesn't onhover like it's neighbours. But that's a really minor thing, just a little insult to the injury ;)
    – Mołot
    Dec 19, 2013 at 14:05
  • See below my answer - we have greater problem... our snowflake actually melted!
    – SPArcheon
    Dec 19, 2013 at 14:08
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    If this is still a problem in 6-8 weeks, the devs might be able to look into it then. Dec 24, 2015 at 21:30

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And this is nothing.... on SharePoint meta either somebody left the air conditioner turned on or the global warming is reaching us... but the the flake seem to have melted!

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Are by any means our servers located nearer to the equator?


Updated - Winter Bash 2015

Now the meta sites associated to a main site show the snow flake icon to. Still no tool tip though.


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A tooltip would be excellent for new Winter Bash users.

An example of a tooltip would be:

Recent Winter Bash activity

or one that is related for towards hats:

Recently earned Winter Bash hats

It goes great with the other tooltips, makes sense, short and straight-to-the-point, and starts with "Recently" like the other two tooltips. This is a great feature to avoid confusion and users dying from suspense.

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