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authorbt <bt@web>2023-11-28 14:27:19 -0500
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As I stated above, try doing a quick design experiment by replacing all your existing iconography in your application with simple text. I assure you that at least you'll discover interesting design flaws in your system.
[^1]: By "design" I'm referring to visuals not programming or system engineering
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[^2]: Early software programs did save to an external floppy disk. My point stands that many digital file storage applications copied this iconography blindly.
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[^3]: Not to mention how rampant it is on plain ol' regular websites. If you're hiding five menu items behind a hamburger menu for "mobile users", you're doing it wrong.