Why not allow icons and text (a la nearly ever Mac toolbar I've used)? That would seem, to me, the easiest way to "skim" a toolbar. Icons can be smaller (like

Why not allow icons and text (a la nearly ever Mac toolbar I've used)? That would seem, to me, the easiest way to "skim" a toolbar. Icons can be smaller (like the document editor toolbar), but it doesn't seem like Gmail's really pushing the size limit.