Look back at history and see what happened to the overall computer revolution when things moved from CP/M and DOS to Apple's GUI and ultimately Windows.
I hadn't thought about it like that..good point.
Counter-argument - look at the rise of civilization. It depended on evolving from cave paintings to pictograms/hieroglyphics to alphabets. Relying on graphical icons is a regression. Textual written language is the most precise, expressive, and efficient way to communicate information.
That may be correct, and I can see your point - but for the masses? It can be argued images are ubiquitous, even universal. The written word is not as accessible. Plenty of people have never read a book since school - but nearly all regularly take in images, watch TV and films.