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Perhaps you're not a visual person. Words are great, but attention is finite and conveying meaning and nuance solely using the written word is hard (see Hacker
by sbuk 5y ago
Perhaps you're not a visual person. Words are great, but attention is finite and conveying meaning and nuance solely using the written word is hard (see Hacker News comments generally - mine included!). Pictograms, diagrams and even emoji's if used well can convey more with less. This site is perhaps a bit over the top, but (at time of writing) 1/4 of the comments are positive, so it's clearly of value to some (one is questioning the validity of UX, the other is just an opinion).
- systemvoltage 5y agoTo conclude that pictograms are useless from my comment is not reading it incorrectly. Pictograms are incredibly useful in everyday life - from road signs to warning labels. A good book on this topic is Semiology of Graphics by Jacques Berkin and the classic 1936 book on International Pictographical Language which is what ISO 7001 standard is based on. To clarify again, I do not at all mean that pictograms are useless. Emojis are very useful in conveying emotions. Adding them as bullet points is decoration. I like Emojis in conversations and instant messages. I suggest reading long forms of text with emojis, I think they're an impedence. If I were to put a bet, Emojis mixed in long form articles would be severely more difficult to read in an objective pyschology test - I am a very visual person for the record but I find this term off-putting.