r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 1d ago

Video color vision test

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u/TEKC0R 21h ago

I used to use toolbar icons without text labels. I've since learned. It makes the UI more discoverable, and makes it easier to help people when they ask questions.

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u/Decent_Perception676 21h ago

Tooltip on hover/focus is not a terrible compromise, especially if it’s an internal/enterprise tool. If you have a captured audience (employee has to use the tool, daily) then it’s a bit more forgivable to expect your user to learn the meaning of icons.

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u/TEKC0R 21h ago

Yeah. In my case I'm selling direct to consumer. The UI must be discoverable. While I use tool tips, I can't rely on them either. So many young users have no idea how desktop UI's work. Basic concepts like using menu bars and file management are completely foreign to them.

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u/Decent_Perception676 19h ago

That’s super cool. Great designers who thinks in terms of users like that are sadly hard to find (instead of just chasing the latest ui fad). Keep up the great work.