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The symbols are pretty standardized these days. I am always perplexed on the rare occasion I encounter a physical radio, but I wouldn't ask them to waste space
by benrbray 6y ago
The symbols are pretty standardized these days. I am always perplexed on the rare occasion I encounter a physical radio, but I wouldn't ask them to waste space by adding text to the buttons! On the web, hover text is probably good enough.
- alxlaz 6y agoFor the love of everything that is holy, if in your design the icons for "Undo" and "Jump Backwards" are practically identical -- as in this font, where only the outline of the arrows differs -- , please, please "waste space" by adding text to the buttons. Don't make people discover which one's "undo" and which one's "discard the current screen" by trying the buttons out. That's not a friendly interface. An interface can be friendly without looking like a five year-old's doodle. A wall of text is intimidating and unfriendly, sure, but nobody older than eight is intimidated by having to read six or seven words.
- benrbray 6y agoFair enough! I didn't look closely at this icon set, and definitely agree that we should strive for high-clarity icons if they're the only signal about what a button does.
- falcolas 6y agoTo abuse a different saying, "Space wasted for clarity is not wasted space." At least make it configurable.
- thiht 6y agoYou would think so, but nope. The last "bad luck" I had was with the Google Photos app, where they use a speech bubble icon for... sharing pictures. And there's no tooltip on it. It gave me a hard time finding out how to share a picture.