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Like the floppy disk for “save”? Or the old school phone receiver for “call”?
by bromuro 3mo ago
Like the floppy disk for “save”? Or the old school phone receiver for “call”?
- reaperducer 3mo agoThere's nothing wrong with either of those. No different than "windows" or "desktops" or "files." When was the last time you actually saw a file folder? Or a document separated by sheets with "tabs." 95% of computer users have never seen an ethernet cable, but they're still the symbol for networking. 99% of car drivers have never seen brake calipers, but they're part of the icon when my car's parking brake is on.
- ranger_danger 3mo ago> When was the last time you actually saw a file folder? Or a document separated by sheets with "tabs." Every day because normal functioning adults still need to keep paper records of things.
- lonelyasacloud 3mo agoFor icons and some aspects of functionality why not as a starting place? Where it falls down is when designers force too many of the paradigms of the RL original onto a platform that doesn't suit it [0]. [0] See for example the Mac OS X Address Book app https://www.betalogue.com/2012/01/15/abook6-dumb/ https://www.betalogue.com/2012/01/15/abook6-dumb/.