Quote: blank icons with filenames were better than stylized or prototypical icons with filenames

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In the experiment, subjects were shown a screen … presented with a field of icons (with attached … The performance measure was search times. … [p. 38] Perhaps surprisingly, the more visual information contained … [mean search time / standard deviation for blank icons= 7.47s/4.28s, picture icons= 10.51s/6.98s, prototype icons= 12.46s/11.61s] The difference in means is statistically significant (F[2,6]= 5.75, p=.018). …   Google-1   Google-2

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