[ghostbrainalpha]

Watch this 30 second video and you will see why it is awesome to have icons in your terminal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESi45Q2mHg

Apologies in advance if the music is not to your taste.

[chungy]

Video seemed to do the opposite effect to me. Information overload and clutter made me wonder what I was looking at. Plain old terminals without these special symbols convey a lot more meaning with a lot less.