title: Confused about Identical Icon files in Windows Phone 8 apps
body: <p>Why are there 2 of the same icons in Visual Studio?</p>
  
  <p>If you type:</p>
  
  <p><code>&lt;shell:ApplicationBarIconButton Text="new document" IconUri="" /&gt;</code> and then open the Properties pane and open up the ComboBox for the ApplicationBarIconButton element, you'll notice that this comb box has an <code>add</code> button and a <code>new</code> button icon. And when you look at both icons - they're the same.</p>
  
  <p>But why?</p>
  
  <p>I know that, in context, both new, and add, can have different meanings/perform different actions:</p>
  
  <p>E.g. New could create a new document, while <code>add</code> could attach something/add something to the currently-open document.</p>
  
  <p>But then if that's the reasoning - then both icons should be different as this could potentially lead to confusion because the default state of the Application bar icon's is set such that the text of the icon is not visible unless you tap on the <code>...</code> to the bottom right of the screen. So if I had both an add and a new button in the ApplicationBar menu, while in default state, this could be very confusing and will force the user to open the menu just to see which button is which. Which goes against the purpose of hiding the menubar text in the first place, doesn't it?</p>