Take the 2-minute tour ×  It seems like not so long ago that it
was standard to have icons/images in context menus and Microsoft
seems to keep this up. But nowadays it seems to have disappeared
in other apps: Chrome, iTunes etc. Anyone have an opinion / idea
why this has happened or is it just completely personal taste (I
for one like the images).  share|improve this question add
comment  4 Answers  up vote 2 down vote accepted  I think the
reason icons have appeared less in programs is because
developers are learning that icons are just not as useful as
they used to think.  The idea behind putting icons in menus is
that the user can see the icon alongside a textual description,
and will be able to recognize it on a button in the future.
However, in order to learn the meaning of an icon, the user
first has to search through various drop-down or context menus
to find the function they need.  Also, having lots of icons all
over the place just adds clutter. That's why Microsoft
redesigned the GUI interface in Of