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by LoganDark 459 days ago
> right-click (and long tap on mobile) is super undiscoverable because there's no indication or hint it'll do anything.

I really miss the days where it was common for tap-holding on any control to show a description of what it is. It may still be common in certain Android apps but I haven't seen it or anything like it on iOS.
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seanwilson 458 days ago
> tap-holding on any control to show a description of what it is.

Hmm, haven't seen this. Where do you need that? What kind of description that wouldn't be obvious from looking at the control?

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LoganDark 458 days ago
> Hmm, haven't seen this. Where do you need that? What kind of description that wouldn't be obvious from looking at the control?

I most commonly see and also appreciate being able to tap-hold on icon-only buttons to learn the text label that the icon represents. I can usually guess what most icons mean, but sometimes it's not entirely obvious.

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