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That is assuming the user is familiar with both the application and the skeuomorph you're using. For example: My android phone has a loupe icon in the corner o
by lhorie 14y ago
That is assuming the user is familiar with both the application and the skeuomorph you're using.
For example: My android phone has a loupe icon in the corner of the screen. It's arguably an universally well known skeuomorph. And yet, what does it do? Zoom? Search? Search what? My apps? The web?
- enraged_camel 14y agoI don't think anyone is expected to automatically understand what the icon does when they see it for the first time. Rather, with good icon design the number of times they tap it before they internalize what it does is minimized.