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Don't use icons then, use words. Words like "video is muted" or "mute the video". Long ago, Apple's HI group had a saying: "a word is worth a thousand picture
by 1over137 3y ago
Don't use icons then, use words. Words like "video is muted" or "mute the video".
Long ago, Apple's HI group had a saying: "a word is worth a thousand pictures".
- xp84 3y agowow, what a great slogan. It seems so far removed from modern, minimalist-flat-icon-obsessed design which Apple is now the poster child for.
- teo_zero 3y agoI strongly disagree. In a conferencing app, for example, "mute" could mean switch audio off, or just the mic, or both. And consider that a word, even "mute", might not have an equivalent in every languages.
- dylan604 3y agowords take up precious real estate and makes the UI look congested/cluttered and is exactly the opposite of the desired clean look. if things are more ambiguous, it is just something for the user to come to terms with. --Jony Ive in some unwritten extract of thoughts