When you want to do a task with your iPhone, you tap a button, or icon, on the device's home screen to launch an app or go to a bookmarked location using the iPhone's native Safari Web browser.

One recent trend in interface design has been to replace icons with text buttons. Aimed at reducing confusion by being explicit about the nature of an action, Google.com is now using such a “Search” ...

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The Google redesign replaced the old Gmail text buttons with icons. If you prefer the text buttons, here's how to easily get rid of the icons. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani ...

Maybe it’s because I don’t like change, or maybe it’s because I hate it when software developers assume that everyone can figure out their cryptic icons, but I wasn’t a fan of Gmail’s recent makeover.