It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons! @nikitonsky points out all the inconsistencies, in the icons of Tahoe, the new Mac operating system. The “fifty shades of new” made my day. If you can’t find a good metaphor, using no icon is better than using a bad, confusing, or nonsensical icon. They are also very small, hard to differentiate and confusing. When everything has an icon, nothing stands out.

tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/

Screenshot of the article, featuring a collage of macOS menu items showing multiple options labeled with the word New, including New Entry, New Journal, New Window, New Reminder, New List, etc. Below, a row of icons with different visual styles all represent the concept of New in the new macOS
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