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> Quite a few people are quicker to recognize something from a picture than they are from a written description, which is why icons were invented in the first place.

Somebody should have told the team responsible for the Windows 7 start menu, where the items in the right-hand column have no icons until you're already pointing at them (and pause a moment) at which point they pointlessly draw attention away with a giant icon in a different place on the screen.



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