Yes, thousand times yes! Every time I had to use gmail (after their redesign and before I found a setting to use text labels instead of icons on buttons) was an

Yes, thousand times yes! Every time I had to use gmail (after their redesign and before I found a setting to use text labels instead of icons on buttons) was an exercise in frustration. All-gray small icons might look good on mockups but they are terrible and not informative in real life usage.