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> the answer i got from UX people is that "you can't hover or have tooltips on mobile". they are trying to achieve uniformity between mobile and desktop. Yes y

by Xevi 5y ago

> the answer i got from UX people is that "you can't hover or have tooltips on mobile". they are trying to achieve uniformity between mobile and desktop. Yes you can. The generally agreed upon way to do this is by long pressing whatever you want to see a tooltip over.

jdhn 5y ago
The problem with this is how you indicate to users that tooltips exist via the long press action. I personally never knew that long press to show a tooltip was the "generally agreed upon way" to show tooltips, and it would be a lot simpler to just have a button label.
- wizzwizz4 5y ago
  How do you indicate to users that they can right-click on a computer mouse? You don't; they just know it. If they don't, their friends and family will teach them.
  - Drew_ 5y ago
    It's pretty undesirable to hide functionality behind invisible gestures or menus specifically because users do not "just know it".
    - wizzwizz4 5y ago
      Better than just deleting the functionality.
- NateEag 5y ago
  You put a line of text in the mobile UI that says "To see tooltips, press and hold on a button." You can stop showing that line of text once they've shown a tooltip (or two, if you're worried about them triggering it accidentally and not knowing how they did it).
tshaddox 5y ago
I’m not aware of anyone agreeing to that. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mobile UI that shows tooltips when you long press on a button.
- gabrielsroka 5y ago
  That's the standard on Android, especially for the built-in apps. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/tooltips https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/tooltips
  - jdhn 5y ago
    I think it's kind of funny how Google is using this as an example when their own Gmail app in iOS has the "Write a new email" action as a floating action button with a pencil and the word "Compose".
    - ziml77 5y ago
      I wish they labeled all the major FABs. It took me ages to figure out how to make a new spreadsheet in Google Sheets on the desktop after they switched to a mobile-first UI. That Google-logo-colored "+" button in the lower right is not easy to see. If it had text next to it I'm sure it would have been harder to overlook.

by Xevi 5y ago

jdhn 5y ago

The problem with this is how you indicate to users that tooltips exist via the long press action. I personally never knew that long press to show a tooltip was the "generally agreed upon way" to show tooltips, and it would be a lot simpler to just have a button label.

wizzwizz4 5y ago
How do you indicate to users that they can right-click on a computer mouse? You don't; they just know it. If they don't, their friends and family will teach them.
- Drew_ 5y ago
  It's pretty undesirable to hide functionality behind invisible gestures or menus specifically because users do not "just know it".
  - wizzwizz4 5y ago
    Better than just deleting the functionality.
NateEag 5y ago
You put a line of text in the mobile UI that says "To see tooltips, press and hold on a button." You can stop showing that line of text once they've shown a tooltip (or two, if you're worried about them triggering it accidentally and not knowing how they did it).

tshaddox 5y ago

I’m not aware of anyone agreeing to that. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mobile UI that shows tooltips when you long press on a button.

gabrielsroka 5y ago
That's the standard on Android, especially for the built-in apps. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/tooltips https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/tooltips
- jdhn 5y ago
  I think it's kind of funny how Google is using this as an example when their own Gmail app in iOS has the "Write a new email" action as a floating action button with a pencil and the word "Compose".
  - ziml77 5y ago
    I wish they labeled all the major FABs. It took me ages to figure out how to make a new spreadsheet in Google Sheets on the desktop after they switched to a mobile-first UI. That Google-logo-colored "+" button in the lower right is not easy to see. If it had text next to it I'm sure it would have been harder to overlook.