> Modern day hieroglyphs? They aim to not confuse or offend anyone, and end up impressing noone. They aim to speak all languages and end up speaking nothing. They aim to inform everyone and end up informing noone.

I would disagree as to the supposed 'aims'. Most flat designers don't aim to do anything - they just kept mindlessless repeating the mantra of 'minimalism' to the point where everything looks the same.

Your use of the word 'hieroglyphs' I think is very apt - because that's what they are: hieroglyphs, and NOT icons, as earlier versions of Windows had them.