Prezly - Start of icon refresh

As part of the UI updates to Prezly, I'm actively trying to use fewer icons by themselves when it comes to navigation because of negatives we found isolated icons are having on our users' experience.

We have users from all over the World, many of whom whos' first language is not English (the language of our UI). So despite isolated icons causing our users some headaches, Icons still have a significant role within our UI as our second language.

Just like at most Airports, if you don't understand the text - you fall to the icon (mostly unfamiliar actions, which in terms of digital UI is where progressive reduction can be fantastic).

We do employ exceptions to the isolated icon rule in terms of explicit actions that are non-destructive and instantly visible such as text formatting etc.

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