Subj : Re: New terminal program
To   : Omnibrain
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Dec 13 2022 00:39:58

 Om>  Bo> My personal opinion is that icons are more confusing, unless a very t
 Om>  Bo> and true icon us used (floppy disk for save, scissors for cut, etc). 
 Om>  Bo> theory they are supposed to be easier, in practice, not.  I hate havi
 Om>  Bo> to over over an icon to find what it is for.
 Om> 
 Om> I added hover tooltips now. I thought the icons are self explaining -
 Om> but maybe they're not. I'll think about that & investigate more. Maybe
 Om> try out text again.
 Om> 
It could just be me being daft.  Some were obvious, the upload/download ones I *suspected* were upload and download.  The hangup one, I *suspected* could be to close but wasn't sure until I pressed it.

But I'm a CLU/TUI kind of person, I don't use many modern "apps".  For telnet I'll either use Telnet itself, syncterm for BBSs or occasionally Qodem, all of which are text based.  As the terminal itself is text based I feel that a text based interface makes more sense. I use Emacs, a terminal, more older GUI programs which have menus.  I don't use phone apps much, so what might be a convention elsewhere is something I'm not familiar with.

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