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I can only speak for myself, but for me who grew up with C64, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Linux, Windows XP more Linux etc that icon still didn't make sense until I go
by eitland 7y ago
I can only speak for myself, but for me who grew up with C64, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Linux, Windows XP more Linux etc that icon still didn't make sense until I got it explained.
Then again, the magnifykng glass icon for search didn't make sense either until I read the docs but at least back then people made docs and kept the UI stable enough so that it made sense to learn it.
I still remember fondly being good with OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) in a Microsoft Works.
- collyw 7y agoThe old days seemed so much more intuitive when there was a crappy low res icon with text underneath.
- eitland 7y agoNot sure if you are sarcastic and in what way, but if I understand you correctly you think we are better off now. I think we would be better off if we kept the best from both: the predictability and discoverability of the past with the niceness of today. Why should we have to choose between nice and usable?
- collyw 7y agoNo I think that having a bit of descriptive text below an icon was far more useful than far prettier world of nicely rounded corners on hamburger menus that we have today.