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> have to click on an octagon with a square inside it. No idea how I'm supposed to associate that with "home" or "back" or any of the verbs I could think of. I
by xahrepap 7y ago
> have to click on an octagon with a square inside it. No idea how I'm supposed to associate that with "home" or "back" or any of the verbs I could think of.
I believe it's "Stop". Stop sign and the square is the stop symbol common for media.
- intertextuality 7y agoRandom or ambiguous icons without text is a huge UX failure. You can’t assume people will know what it means aside from very obvious ones like the floppy disk save icon.
- spockz 7y agoThe floppy disk save icon might be “very obvious” to you. But how is a kid of this era who has never seen a 3.5” floppy disk supposed to know that that means save?
- intertextuality 7y agoBecause every other website uses that or the down arrow. It can be not only objects seen in real life but also icons consistent with other sites. Anecdotally I’ve never seen a floppy disk in real life.