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0 pointsjvdvegt1y ago0 comments

Hover? I'm on mobile...

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This is kind of an aside, but hover is a perfectly valid UI mechanism, and I intensely dislike the trend of kneecapping the UI just to make it work on a touch screen.

Some things just don't work well if you don't have a mouse. That doesn't mean we should throw them away. It just means that sometimes you need a mouse for real work. There's nothing wrong with that.

apitman1y ago

I think the point is more that if a feature requires a mouse to work, maybe that mode should be the optional path so it still works on mobile.

b1121y ago

To each their own, I absolutely despise anything popping up, ever.

Stuff appearing and disappearing as I move my mouse around angers me, and I get even more annoyed when things pop up if I put my mouse somewhere to park it.

A full blown conniption fit happens if I park my mouse, start to read something, and a popup thing gets in the way. The neighbours know when that happens.

latexr1y ago

At least on bugzilla, I’m able to tap and hold to get the same effect.

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