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Icons, but not text, can be language agnostic and probably more resilient to cultural variation. Obviously well-recognized icons like arrows fit this property m
by gburt 11y ago
Icons, but not text, can be language agnostic and probably more resilient to cultural variation. Obviously well-recognized icons like arrows fit this property more so than time and culturally dependent things like floppy disks for save buttons.
- pinaceae 11y agothis english-centric viewpoint of the article really bothers me. no mention of i18n, no language variation. just try using labels with a more verbose language like german. welcome to hell. a good icon works across cultures and languages, allows optimized and pixel-perfect UI.
- AdmiralACK 11y agoAs someone who speaks both languages fluently, it doesn't bother me at all. The iconography could use some tweaking, but this false sense of being offended is ridiculous.
- pinaceae 11y agowhat I am saying is that once your app is using multiple languages, is available in multiple geographies this "just use labels" stuff goes out of the window. Cancel becomes what, "Zurücksetzen"? "Abbrechen"? All longer strings, good luck with your tiny button. Not even mentioning Mandarin or Japanese yet. Oder aber das ist einfach Enterprise-Software Problematik und die Consumer-App Afferl spielen weiter mit ihren Zehen.
- startling 11y agoWho's offended? We're talking about good design.