Re: [Usability] Ellipsis on buttons

From: Calum Benson <Calum.Benson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:31:46 +0000

On 23 Mar 2006, at 18:11, Shaun McCance wrote:

We have a love affair with icons alongside text, but
we're afraid to let them stand on their own. We even
default to icons+text toolbars.

We do, and that's simply because numerous usability studies have shown that people find icon+text toolbars much quicker to assimilate than icons alone.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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