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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by jjoonathan on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:41PM (#36233239)
Modern design philosophy is that buttons with labels are messy and complicated so they should be replaced everywhere by hamburgers and hieroglyphs.

I threw up a bit in the back of my mouth typing that, but it's true -- what started as spatial triage on mobile is now the universal design language everywhere, and it sucks.

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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by edflsafoiewq on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:45PM (#36233292)
Regardless, there's still aria-label.
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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by alephaleph on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:46PM (#36233298)
I think they’re referring to aria-labels, not visible text.
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