[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50539: Explore a larger icon less WP Admin menu

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#50539: Explore a larger icon less WP Admin menu
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 Reporter:  youknowriad     |       Owner:  youknowriad
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by aaroncampbell):

 Overall I agree that the admin menu could use some work and I love the
 idea of making the elements larger. I'm not sure I understand the removal
 of the icons and indentation (on submenu items in
 [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/1210 pull/1210]) -
 both feel like steps backwards for me. Not exactly a large-scale user
 test, but I had my spouse, who is currently due for new glasses, test
 navigating through wp-admin with both menus and she had a significantly
 easier time with the smaller size, icons, and indentation than with the
 larger size. My guess is that it would be even easier with icons, indent,
 AND larger size but we didn't test that.

 I'm still a little unsure what exactly we see as the problem we're trying
 to address. Is it that users are struggling to navigate the menu? Is it
 that it's harder on mobile, or maybe phones specifically? Is the problem
 that we don't like icons and want to remove them (or maybe the iconography
 is difficult to keep up)? Is it that the menu is too complex or crowded to
 navigate?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50539#comment:18>
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