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since we are on the topic of hovering, i have come to notice a negative consequence for ignoring it altogether. in a few modern applications i have been using
by blondin 6y ago
since we are on the topic of hovering, i have come to notice a negative consequence for ignoring it altogether.
in a few modern applications i have been using that the iconography is foreign to me. my first instinct is to hover those icons to see a help text or tooltip. most often, these modern apps also take away the tooltips because mobile devices don't have them anyway.
this is a loss in accessibility imo.
- ytjohn 6y agoI'm not a UX guy myself, but our team has a rule to use some form of indicator like the "i in a circle" or ? in a circle. These are always clickable, so if you see an "i" you can click it to get the pop-up. We do avoid hovers, though our reasoning is that we're making information dense applications. Having a bunch of hover tips pop up as you're trying to navigate a table can get frustrating. If hover is used, it'll most likely be a different indicator and in the header or footer area.