Vscode: Remove text as it is offensive to illiterates

Created on 19 Dec 2019  路  8Comments  路  Source: microsoft/vscode

I find that any form of written text is offensive as it excludes people who are illiterate, 14% of the world's population is illiterate so we must do something for this minority. Also we can clearly see that illiteracy is more prevalent in struggling economies areas such as countries in Africa. They have suffered enough and I find offensive that we pretend to be better than everybody else just because we can read.
Please remove the use of any kind of written language from your product.

Version: 1.42.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 26f5dfc
Date: 2019-12-19T05:31:04.916Z
Electron: 6.1.6
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

Steps to Reproduce:

Install latest build of insiders.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

Additional reading on the issue that most certainly needs to be considered.
https://ourworldindata.org/literacy

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Most helpful comment

I would suggest to use wingdings as an easy fix.
Hope this will get accepted!

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you excel at puns

as an illietrate myself, I strangely suporrt tihs.

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+1 from me

I would suggest to use wingdings as an easy fix.
Hope this will get accepted!

Great suggestion! Implement a change to allow illiterate people who can't even access a computer access to vsc! I have no objections whatsoever.

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