Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen | solitude.dk

Microsoft are bouncing around drafts for new RSS icons. Scoble makes a note of why Microsoft likes icons over text:

We use icons to denote everything. Why not just text? Cause icons work better and we want to localize everything. Windows is available in 26 or so languages and icons translate better than letters like RSS or XML.

I agree completely. This is the exact same reason I generally prefer the iconic road signs you find in Europe over the symbolic US counterparts (there are exeptions). Maybe the Federal Transit Administration should listen to Microsoft — or better yet, hire me. Icons, baby, icons.