Re: [Usability] Ellipsis on buttons

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

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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