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I dunno. Is it ever good UI design to replace clearly labeled buttons with cute but confusing icons? Just because you can get used to it doesn't mean it's a g
by steve-howard 15y ago
I dunno. Is it ever good UI design to replace clearly labeled buttons with cute but confusing icons? Just because you can get used to it doesn't mean it's a good change.
- dasil003 15y agoYes, for heavy users, because it makes it easier to see the important textual content on the screen instead of a lot of UI elements.
- sliverstorm 15y agoAgreed, a minimalistic (but fully functional) interface lacking eye-candy is a positive for heavy users. It reduces noise on-screen.
- bluehavana 15y agoYes. The time it takes to recognize something with your visual cortex is orders of magnitudes less than reading words. Learning what the icons mean might take a little time and one might argue that spacial patterns are learned when reading anyways.
- lukeschlather 15y agoHow do you know my visual cortex can't process words? It's just a few symbols, I doubt that the difference between one symbol and 10 is that different for a learning machine like the human brain. (Especially since the location of the symbols is what matters. They show up in the same place every time, you only need the general shape of the word to confirm that's that right one.)