Post #1534243

2026-04-17 18:46 UTC

Another problem with hover states: buttons are invisible until you hover over them. People can’t click on buttons they can’t see! For example, here, they put most-used actions directly over each email. Presumably that should help you sort your mail faster, processing some letters without even opening them. The problem is these buttons ... 1/2

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@grumpy_website@mastodon.online 2026-04-17 18:46

... are invisible. You see an email that you already know what to do with, but you don’t see the button to do it! First, you have to hover, then locate where the button appears, and only then move again to click it. So it doesn’t help as much as you’d think. Is it worth the visual noise and flickering that it produces? For me—no. #Gmail #Hover 2/2

Open ##1567803
@jernej__s@infosec.exchange 2026-04-17 19:08

@grumpy_website I've got a problem with this in Discord – it shows a basically useless floating toolbar when you hover over messages, and that toolbar covers the previous message, or (in case of replies) the link to the original message. I inadvertently reacted to random messages way too often thanks to this.

Open ##1567808
@gullevek@famichiki.jp 2026-04-18 11:47

@grumpy_website @nikitonsky Bonkers

Open ##1567809
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip 2026-04-18 14:30

@grumpy_website@mastodon.online I hate this pattern in the MS Teams activity log, too. It shows the day when people called you, and according to usual usability conventions I would've expected that hovering the date would reveal a detailed timestamp with the time. Instead, hovering the item replaces the date with a call button and I will never get the answer.

Open ##3009632