I spent 10 minutes on a phone doing this. Why are we reusing icons? [image: i.imgur.com]
Shoplifting icon readability
Started by dagaPefko [3735764] on in Suggestions.
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A general rule of UX is that you should use the same icons to indicate the same things. People associate meaning to icons, and having different icons communicate the same thing (or same icons communicating different things) causes additional cognitive load. This means users spend more time mentally processing the question of "what is this icon communicating?" and ultimately degrades the user experience.