Comment by kevin_thibedeau

> John Gruber wrote about this reversion back in June, including the fact that Apple’s new Human Interface Guidelines specifically call out Tahoe’s approach to menus as an example of what not to do on macOS.

Apple knew this was bad 20 years ago. They just don't bother to read their own documentation:

Apple Human Interface Guidelines (2008) [1] p. 170:

> If you do include icons in your menus, include them only for menu items for which they add significant value; don’t include them for every menu item. A menu that includes too many icons (or poorly designed ones) can appear cluttered and be hard to read.

[1] https://acko.net/files/zoomer/apple-hig-2008.pdf