Heydon Pickering • 3/21/2018

Your Tooltips Are Bogus

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This article analyzes the frequent misuse of tooltips in web development, highlighting accessibility and usability issues like attaching them to non-interactive elements, poor touch support, and confusing screen reader users. It argues many tooltips are poorly conceived and offers guidance on implementing them correctly or choosing alternative components like dialogs.

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