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.

Gmail's most recent overhaul came with lots of great changes, though some people didn't like its new toolbar buttons, which had icons instead of the arguably more descriptive text. If you want the old ...

As I’ve been exploring iOS 13 to write the just-released Take Control of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, I’ve become concerned about what seems to be an increasingly frequent pattern in iOS software design.

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” ...