On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Patrick Neeman wrote:

It really depends on expert vs. novice users. Novice users aren't
going to pick up on icons right away. Expert users who use the
application 8 hours a day will.

Based on what data? I have studies that say that, in most apps, most experts can't tell you what the icons they look at, day-in and day- out, do or represent.

Jared

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