Why are people arguing that icons should be intuitively tell you what the app is about? Since when was that the goal of an icon (in paritucal an app icon)? It should be easily distinguishable from other icons. If I don't know what the icon means it will take me exactly 1s to find out by clicking on it, after that I will know what the app icon is for, and I only care if I can distinguish it easily from other icons, so I don't accidentally start a different app.

I strongly agree. But (having just replied to someone else about ideography) it leads to an interesting thought. Once you learn them the app icons become a shared legible writing system. Going to drive to the store? Go lang, Google Drive, Play Store. You get the idea.

It's a trademark violating abomination but I think we ought to give it a try.

You must be a huge fan of purposefully obscure HN titles.

And Concentration. Click on the giraffe to get to the Print dialog!

Hm... what was the Print dialog hidden under again?

why shouldn't an icon be at least partially skeuomorphic?