Why your tab bar needs text, not just icons | by Alex Cox | UX Collective

Unless you’re Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, or selling hella ads on your own news feed.

Press enter or click to view image in full size Why your tab bar needs text, not just icons Unless you’re Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, or selling hella ads on your own news feed. Alex Cox 4 min read · Dec 16, 2018 -- 1 Listen Share There’s been a recent trend to take away the helper text beneath the tab bar icons. This subtraction unnecessarily makes users more hesitant to tap on icons they don’t recognize and reduces unguided exploration within the app. There are very good reasons to take off that text and gain an extra 1.8% of info feed real estate, but most apps that take out this text sim

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