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Very good overview on the subject of icon usability is http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1795/when-to-use-icons-vs-icons-with-text-vs-just-text-links http:/

by Illotus 13y ago

Very good overview on the subject of icon usability is http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1795/when-to-use-icons-vs-icons-with-text-vs-just-text-links http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/1795/when-to-use-icons... Research roughly says that icons with text are best and only text is better than only icons.

calinet6 13y ago
That just makes so much sense. It has exactly matched my experience. It's sometimes not clear that a label plus an icon is actually better than a label alone: I think having the right icon alongside the right label multiplies their effectiveness. The icon is immediately recognizable, while the label is immediately comprehensible. You get both good learnability and fast recall in one. Best of both worlds.