hey , the last few days i customized my menus a little bit and i found if you spice up your menus with a few UTF-8 symbols it makes selecting your most used actions and quickly grasping the whole menu much easier and faster ...
example
big blotted ones like these work the best and are quickly spotted by your subconsciousness
▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▉ ▊ ▋ ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ▔ ▕ ▖ ▗ ▘ ▙ ▚ ▛ ▜ ▝ ▞ ▟
grab them from here or any other site
http://csbruce.com/software/utf-8.html