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mcswell
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The hamburger-menu icon today: Is it recognizable?
No it isn't. That's why hieroglyphics became indecipherable for nearly 2000 years, while all the various alphabetic systems invented during that time--and many of those invented long before--remained readable.
wyan
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Ugaritic certainly didn't remain readable and it was alphabetic. The only reason alphabetic systems remained readable is because they remained in use.
ericmcer
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uhhh I can pick out a person shaped icon from a column of icons faster than the word person from a column of words
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