re How do you differentiate commands, etc. in text? (Take II)

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I think that besides uglifying the page, inline icons--
at least if not accompanied by the command name-- fail
to reinforce the vocabulary that we want the reader to
internalize.  If the user is accustomed to thinking not 
"Recalculate Right-Hand Column" but "orange squiggle
that reminds me of my mother-in-law's hairdo," then the
may be less than well prepared for other media where text 
must be used instead of the icon, or for communicating
with other users.
 

Mark L. Levinson
Herzliya, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il

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