Timeline for Is replacing icons with emoji a good idea?
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| Jun 23, 2022 at 3:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackUX/status/1539805731897184258 | ||
| Jun 21, 2022 at 16:24 | answer | added | roundabout | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 8, 2022 at 9:56 | comment | added | Caleb | I am not an Apple fanboy. In fact I'm an anti-fan and don't own any Apple products. But when their UI guidelines say something like this, you should ask yourself "why". In this case I think they have a good reason for forbidding emoji in UI elements. There are quite a few reasons they are technologically unsuitable and even more cultural and perception issues. If 2MB of UI components is going to break your memory bank, subset it to just the bits you need—but using the wrong tech will induce later headaches a lot harder to solve than 2 MB bloat. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 at 7:05 | comment | added | DysphoricUnicorn | @BryceHowitson I know it's out of scope for this site but I'd be really interested in how this would increase payload size. Would you mind elaborating on that? | |
| Apr 20, 2019 at 12:22 | vote | accept | DysphoricUnicorn | ||
| Apr 20, 2019 at 4:05 | comment | added | Bryce Howitson | Plus using emojis in place of icons is actually quite complicated from a technical standpoint and might actually represent a much larger payload size than FA at the end of the day. If performance is your main concern find a way to only include a subset of FA. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 14:57 | answer | added | aly.i.ux | timeline score: 26 | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 14:33 | comment | added | aly.i.ux | Tempted to type my answer in emojis... 🧐🤓🤔 | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 14:16 | comment | added | DysphoricUnicorn | @MartijnVissers it depends on the business. We tend to have people commonly replacing words with the emoji for that word in our correspondence. The part that's most important to me is if there are any UX caveats that I have no idea about. If the boss hates how "childish" the UI looks, I can change it back in a few minutes. If there is an accessibility/ usability issue that doesn't come up as quickly, It'll be more difficult to fix + annoy actual users and not just the boss. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 13:46 | comment | added | Martijn Vissers | I feel that emoji's can be a good alternative for icons if the application allows it. A business application with emoji-icons will look childish, but a game for example can make it work in some cases. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 11:19 | comment | added | DysphoricUnicorn | @Rob You are correct in that belief. I have a huge dislike against emoji. However, in the company I work for, emojis are used super commonly and I think I'm alone in being one of the quiet few. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 11:06 | comment | added | Rob | It is my belief that the quiet among us consider emojis to be the product of a childish generation and look upon such apps with disdain. | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 10:56 | history | asked | DysphoricUnicorn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |