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mikepurvisyesterday at 1:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Almost 30 years ago MS Office 97 was putting toolbar icons in their menus, and I think it served the useful function of helping users discover when functionality was available another way.


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ndespresyesterday at 3:06 PM

Those icons were well-designed for the newly computerized office employee of the day. The new school of icons are made by graphic designers for other graphic designers.