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		zozbot234 on March 30, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blue95: a desktop for your childhood home's comput... The 'icon only' thing is less of a problem when you can hover your mouse pointer on the icon and get a tooltip that tells you what it's for.

exiguus on March 30, 2025 | [–]

There is also a very good example about this in The Design of Everyday Things - the one with the revolver doors.

exiguus on March 30, 2025 | [–]

No no no. That's bad, relay bad because this involves at minimum 2 unnecessary steps:

1. touch the mouse (if not already) 2. move the mouse to the button 3. wait until the tool tip appears

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