Well I'll jump in with you. I totally agree. I hate icons as I never know what they stand for. Even the most beautifully designed icon is no match for a single word. Where possible I turn off icons and use text. Where I can't turn them off I waste valuable seconds trying to find which icon to click to do a specific job. "Is it this curly one here with the arrow? Let me hover and wait for the tool tip to tell me... Oh no, that's something else. OK, let's try this red and green one .. wait for the tool tip... !!"
I don't even like using the standard ones. "I think that's the Print icon, but it could be Print All or Print One Page, I had better check... No, I'll use the menu." or "Is that icon Save or Save As or Save a Copy? I'll use the menu/keyboard, thanks."
In my own software I refuse to use icons. They just slow everyone down in my opinion. It's become a fashion. In fact I'm looking at a whole host of icons now: in the Post section of this forum. I haven't the faintest idea what most of them mean until the tool tip shows up, and I'll bet most users don't either.
So JD get rid of all icons, except maybe for the trash can. Save yourself both cost and real estate.
Cheers, J
