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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Vishnoo wrote on 17/10/10 11:39:
>...
> We removed tooltips from gnome-panel and indicators because it did not
> add much value[1] and instead we choose to use icons that could quickly
> convey the same meaning.
>...
> Is there a reason Unity's Launcher has tooltips for applications and
> places? [While Application icons could be considered as unrecognizable,
> Places icons are our custom icons so they should atleast be a bit
> recognizable.Still not sure how these tooltips are more important...]
>...

For the most part, menu title icons convey pretty simple ideas. Network,
sound, keyboard, power. And they stick around for a long time, so you
can learn them.

Launcher items sometimes are simple items, but sometimes complex ones.
And often they don't stick around as long. For instance, you might
install a bunch of free programs that do the same thing, to compare them
before keeping just one, and their icons may look alike. That makes text
labels more useful for them.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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