For MacPaint with 8 functions it was great. For picking one of a dozen apps on an iPhone - fine.
But the last version of the 3D cad package I used had over 5000 commands - and each one of those was represented by a unique and (supposedly) intuitive icon!
That's getting close to the Chinese alphabet
CAD is definitely one area where UX is so far behind it's pretty much useless. The command line is the fastest and only useful way to be productive. Rather than spend all their time coming up with icons for each little dot it sure would be nice if they'd do a little research on exploring alternative UIs (hint: simply allowing me to customize toolbars is not the answer).
For MacPaint with 8 functions it was great. For picking one of a dozen apps on an iPhone - fine.
But the last version of the 3D cad package I used had over 5000 commands - and each one of those was represented by a unique and (supposedly) intuitive icon! That's getting close to the Chinese alphabet