I'm implementing a new #mastodon notification filter for easy switching between different types of notifications: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/9399
The current issue is that we want to avoid line overflow for longer languages. Do you think that icons + tooltips are readable? Or should we change to text-only?
@alxd As those icons are used throughout the UI, it should be fine. 👍
@signalvsnoise @random could I ask you to write that or 👍 in the issue? This will give it more visibility.
@alxd @signalvsnoise
Sure, pal!
@signalvsnoise @alxd Not necessarily.
Currently they are used in two meanings – as buttons to do something – favourite, boost, follow... – and, in the case of favs and boosts as indicators how many favs or boost a toot has and as links to a detail view who liked or boosted.
This feature will add a third meaning to the icons = more cognitive load for the users.
Bur thanks to the position directly below the notification header it should be clear in this case (if properly labelled for screen readers).
@lilo @signalvsnoise could I ask you to write that on Github as well?
If you have any other ideas, please let us know! I think using the text would be the best option - if not for longer languages. In those cases something shorter would be needed.
So it's either icons or cutting out one of the categories (which I wouldn't like myself).
@alxd