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And that they don't work on mobile.
by frosted-flakes 5y ago
And that they don't work on mobile.
- onion2k 5y agoNor do custom tooltips though because the majority of websites and apps fire them on a mouseover event.
- mg 5y agoTooltips on mobile are tough. Tooltips usually are on links. For example here on HN, hover over "11 minutes ago" in the comment header and it shows the time. Could this be made available to mobile users? Seems tricky. My first thought would be to show it when the user taps and holds. But that also triggers the browsers default context menu for links. So it would make a murky experience.
- eknkc 5y agoI wonder if a hover over event would be good for UX. I think most of the current displays can detect a finger hovering over the display but not necessarily touching it. It might be a complete disaster though, just wondering how that info could be used.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoIf used sparingly I think it would be really good. Just for UI hints, not for anything critical. A universal "what is this?" input for anything on the screen.
- smarkov 5y agohttps://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/what-is/air-view/ https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/what-is/air-view/ This is about the best and most intuitive solution you could come up with to this problem. Sadly I believe the Samsung Galaxy S4 was the only phone that supported this without an S Pen so you could simply hover over the screen with your finger. I wish it was a standard feature on all phones.
- croes 5y ago>My first thought would be to show it when the user taps and holds. But that also triggers the browsers default context menu for links The first doesn't exclude the second. That's the way how https://xkcd.com/ https://xkcd.com/ is doing it. It just shows both.