In article we discuss has a link to this article: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/ Which has

In article we discuss has a link to this article: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/ Which has a good paragraph with an example: --- start quote --- Get a bunch of people in a room, show them menus where the textual labels are gone, and see who can get the most right. --- end quote --- Icons won't help you when they are inconsistent, or don't mean anything. It's impossible to find a suitable visual metaphor for every possible action of every possible app and cram it into a tiny monochrome icon.