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Nice summary. Tooltips are great for self-guided discovery when there's a cursor; what about touch interfaces?
by chrisweekly 7y ago
Nice summary. Tooltips are great for self-guided discovery when there's a cursor; what about touch interfaces?
- frosted-flakes 7y agoLess useful because they're only available on long press and your finger often covers the tooltip, but still available. I imagine most people don't even know how to invoke them. For example, on Android, long pressing an icon in the top bar of an app will show its label.
- java-man 7y agoOne possible solution could involve showing help bubbles for every ui component when tapping a dedicated Help or (?) icon. Tap on a bubble and it expands into a larger one or navigates to a separate help page.
- wlesieutre 7y agoAffinity does this with their iOS apps. Everything shows labels while you hold a finger on the ? in the corner. http://imgur.com/HGQiAtK http://imgur.com/HGQiAtK
- java-man 7y agolove it!
- pugworthy 7y agoI like this a lot. I just posted a comment about touch a bit ago, not seeing this little thread.
- bromuro 7y agoModern smartphones UI do not use tooltips. Explore the app by touching it. Give option to revert the action. It is an effective way also to learn an app - by doing, not reading. If you need tooltip or guides like those, your UI has other serious issues.
- mmorris 7y agoGood article on "The problems with tooltips and what to do instead": https://adamsilver.io/articles/the-problem-with-tooltips-and-what-to-do-instead/ https://adamsilver.io/articles/the-problem-with-tooltips-and...