[OT] "The Condescending UI" (was: Do we need Win95/98/Me support?)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:jfk81o$2l8v$3 at digitalmars.com...
> On 1/23/2012 3:59 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> Back to Thunderbird email. The icon for "Spell" is ABC over a check 
>>> mark.
>>> That is not smaller or more intuitive than "Spell".
>>
>> No, not initially, but once you do know it, it's much easier to identify 
>> at
>> a glance.
>
> I picked that deliberately because the "icon" is 3 *letters*!

It's an ironic example, yes, but a rare one as far as icons go.