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icon has advantages
allows many commands or objects to be listed in much less space than is possible with text
users can scan the screen to find an icon faster than they can scan to find particular words of text
2001-08-30 14:55:50.0
has localization issues
can invoke different impressions in people of different cultures
has problems
notoriously difficult for users to interpret or distinguish
unusable by blind people
is a subtopic of 7.4 - The Basics of User Interface Design 2001-08-30 14:55:51.0
is a subtopic of 7.5 - Usability Principles
is a kind of coding technique
is a kind of locale-dependent feature
should have a label if its meaning is not obvious, using a caption or pop-up label that appears when the user moves the mouse over it

icon	has advantages allows many commands or objects to be listed in much less space than is possible with text users can scan the screen to find an icon faster than they can scan to find particular words of text
	has localization issues can invoke different impressions in people of different cultures
	has problems notoriously difficult for users to interpret or distinguish unusable by blind people
	is a subtopic of 7.4 - The Basics of User Interface Design
	is a subtopic of 7.5 - Usability Principles
	is a kind of coding technique
	is a kind of locale-dependent feature
	should have a label if its meaning is not obvious, using a caption or pop-up label that appears when the user moves the mouse over it