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> GUI wasn't designed to make computing harder by forcing people to find cryptic little symbols

That was absolutely the result of moving to a 2d-ui: icon spam and little discoverability. I can't say I've ever wanted an icon toolbar when I have a menu right there that's activated by common keystrokes without clogging my screen.

Of course, some people only know "save" as a floppy-disk icon. Good luck raising them the remaining way.



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