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Clickbait headline rescue: Apple changed the keycap symbol for the “Mute” key from just a speaker to a speaker with a strike/line through it.
by teddyh 2y ago
Clickbait headline rescue: Apple changed the keycap symbol for the “Mute” key from just a speaker to a speaker with a strike/line through it.
- PedroBatista 2y agoOh wow! Apple keeps innovating and MacRumors keeps clickbaiting.
- rvnx 2y agoThe current icon made sense, "no sound, less sound, more sound". I wonder why the strike line is going from bottom-right to top-left though.
- raverbashing 2y agoIt matches what it shows when you press that key, so I guess it makes sense (And of course that orientation matches the usual traffic signs, like No Parking)
- teddyh 2y agoIt’s the standard design: <https://emojipedia.org/muted-speaker#designs https://emojipedia.org/muted-speaker#designs>
- ksec 2y agoI posted it here hoping to know how the original design came to place. Muted Speaker graphics design is nothing new. I wonder why it was done that way and kept that long. Even Apple's UI graphics is a stroke across the speaker.
- hnbear 2y agoBecause it’s within a set of three speaker buttons. The first has no sound, the second a less sound, the third more sound. They correspond to mute (no sound), lower volume (less), raise volume (more). Within the set of three buttons it’s perfectly sensible and intuitive. It wouldn’t make sense on its own, but on the keyboard it isn’t.
- hnbear 2y agoYes, within the set of three speaker icons it makes perfect sense. If it was a one-off it’s unintuitive, but on the keyboard where it’s used it’s fine.