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Re:Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help by troupo on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:00AM (#46204999)
> The function of the icon is to have distinct shape so you are able to visually distinguish menu items quickly in future (more you use the app).

I wrote it in a different comment elsewhere: this is exactly why you don't want icons on every menu item. When everything tries to be stand out, nothing does. It's much easier to distinguish groups and "it's the third item below the icon" than "out of these identical looking icons one of them points to a menu item that does what I want".

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Re:Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help by omnimus on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @10:23AM (#46205883)
Sure! I agree. My comment above probably seems like i think this new Apple design direction is good. I don't. Tahoe seems like amateur hour.

What i was mainly saying is that the icon does not have to describe the label for it to be effective. That doesn't mean that usage/quality of the icon suddenly doesn't matter.

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