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Case in point: the gmail action icons. Oh god, why? They used to be simple text labels, and now every time I use them I have to hover over every icon looking at
by sarah2079 14y ago
Case in point: the gmail action icons. Oh god, why? They used to be simple text labels, and now every time I use them I have to hover over every icon looking at the text popups to find the one I want.
- ksherlock 14y agoSettings (that's the gear icon) -> general -> button labels: text.
- TillE 14y agoAfter the first 20-30 times where I had to take a few seconds to work out the difference between the select and archive icons, I just started using the keyboard shortcuts exclusively. Archive is 'y', it has always been 'y'. Fortunately they haven't managed to break the keyboard interface. Google are famously data-driven, but I really can't imagine how they're finding empirical support for the idea that abstract monochrome icons are more effective than clear text labels.
- thezilch 14y agoArchive is "e", canonically, and I'm not sure what logic is munging the purpose of "y" to remove label(s).
- Zarel 14y ago"y" means "remove from current view", to be exact. So if you click a message from the "Work" label, it removes the "Work" label. And if you click a message from Inbox and hit "y", it removes it from Inbox (i.e. archives it).