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    Give them rollover text labels. Commented Oct 27, 2021 at 10:46
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    @PhillipW Give what rollover labels? The items, so the user has to roll over every plausible one to find the right type? Or (hopefully) the many icons so new users can learn them easily? Commented Oct 27, 2021 at 15:44
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    The icons...... Commented Oct 27, 2021 at 16:48
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    @PhillipW so that what they used to be able to grok in 0.1s by looking at the icon pattern they'd learned, then now have to wait 10x+ longer for a tooltip to appear, after they've hamfistedly managed to finally position the pointer over said icon? It'll be a hit, I'm sure Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 11:51
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    I see these questions, from time to time, where there is some existing user base that uses facility X, and some new-to-the-problem dev who's looking at it and saying "but it's so complicated! what about the new users?!" - well; yeah - what about them? You're a new dev, and conceptually also a new user, so certain there is a problem that you're looking for a way to rip up everything that currently is and provide a new solution.. How do you come to be so certain that there actually is a problem ? Just because you think there is (because there is for you), does it mean that it actually exists? Commented Oct 28, 2021 at 11:56