> I like the concept of Broomstick, but more work remains. Perhaps that's why it's a Beta.

I'm going to direct Sebastian, Broomstick's developer, to your post in lieu of asking you to file a bug report. (Hiding icons is the one aspect of Broomstick that I can't test, because it relies on Spotlight, which I've got disabled.)

Yep! Much more work remains!

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