# Changing navigation icons to words

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-navigation-icons-to-words/117040>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-navigation-icons-to-words/117040 "2019-05-07T07:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-navigation-icons-to-words/117040/4 "2019-05-07T11:49:21Z")

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Right but.. why? Now you have to localize those words, and they likely won’t fit on mobile.

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