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This is a solved problem. When using an icon that isn't universally understood on a given computing platform (desktop, web, or mobile OS) you have to use a text
by swalling 3y ago
This is a solved problem. When using an icon that isn't universally understood on a given computing platform (desktop, web, or mobile OS) you have to use a text label. When it doubt, don't use an icon alone.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/icon-usability/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/icon-usability/
- xp84 3y agoAmazing how such basic common sense got lost sometime in the past 15 years. Perhaps using an icon for a 3-5 word phrase describing an abstract idea is daft? Wow! Who would have thought?! (Answer: certainly not any so-called "UX designer" I've met in the past 10 years.) This is before you even get to the dumbness that ensues by the UX designers getting confused to whether a button that is a toggle should have the icon representing the current state, or the state that clicking it will cause to happen, like every other button in existence. (Think of the Mute button in every videoconferencing app -- at least Zoom still has a text label on it though!)
- WalterBright 3y agoI love the gas pump with a right-pointing arrow icon in the dashboard. Does it mean: 1. The gas pump goes on the right side of the car? 2. The gas pump goes on the left side of the car, and the hose goes to the right into the fuel inlet?