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		bserge on Aug 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't attach tooltips to document.body Wait, you guys use tooltips? Some websites don't even have text accompanying their unintuitive but kewl looking icons. The future is now, old timers!

foxpurple on Aug 21, 2021 [–]

Tool tips are bad ui because they are invisible normally and are completely absent on touch inputs. Either use an icon so universal it needs no tip or use text.

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