RE: User interface suggestions

[Dick Karpinski <dick cfcl com>]

"I nearly always have to read the GNOME menu
text rather than using the icons for identification, which is made even
harder because all those icons in the margin make it harder for the eye
to scan for the start of each word."

The original paper which showed that icons were better than words has
not been fully understood. It showed icons worked well when they were
visually distinct AND THERE WERE 3 to 9 OF THEM. Otherwise the bare
words work better. That's almost ALL THE TIME.

Dick