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Computers were easier to use then. They had fewer concepts and those concepts were designed as analogies to what people knew. If you don't know what a manila f
by milesrout 2y ago
Computers were easier to use then. They had fewer concepts and those concepts were designed as analogies to what people knew.
If you don't know what a manila folder is, the icon means nothing to you and you have to learn it as an abstract entity. That is fine, but it slows down learning rate.
- ryandrake 2y agoI had to dig out a physical manilla file folder from my filing cabinet to explain it to my kid. They have zero real world experience with the physical objects that the icons are supposed to represent.