When I tell people that the ellipsis (…) is the most amazing character ever, most people look at me like I’m crazy. Before you label me a lunatic, let me try to explain
For decades, interface designers have been using the ellipsis to communicate all sorts of important details to users. As you’ll soon see, these 3 dots can pack quite a lot of meaning in just a little space.
This grouping of three dots—worthy enough to have its own Unicode character (U+2026)—is used to indicate that there is something more. And this something can indicate status, more action, or a prompt to write something. Saito boils it down nicely.