bjkeefe: Deep thought

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Deep thought

File icons from MS Word

How much longer will it be before some kid comes up to you and says, "What's that Save icon supposed to be?"

11 comments:

Jack said...: Heh. No doubt.; 10:51 PM, September 11, 2012
M. Bouffant said...: Maybe a flash drive icon would work.; 11:37 PM, September 11, 2012
Fearguth said...: It does, however, offer the opportunity for an extended excursus on the evolution of magnetic media.; 3:10 PM, September 12, 2012
bjkeefe said...: Ooooo! Good new (to me) word!

Thanks.; 10:57 PM, September 12, 2012
bjkeefe said...: Oh, and hey, thanks for dropping by, just for the sake of reminding me. I don't know how I got out of the habit of visiting Bildungblog.; 11:01 PM, September 12, 2012
TC said...: It's like Craig Ferguson says --- a newspaper is kind of like a blog but it only has yesterday's news.; 3:03 AM, September 13, 2012
bjkeefe said...: LOL!; 7:25 AM, September 13, 2012
Substance McGravitas said...: Icons suck. Not enough people know how to make them usable.

One of the things I did with the copy of Word I am forced to use is get rid of every pointer to every command that isn't absolutely necessary.; 10:50 PM, September 13, 2012
Uncle Ebeneezer said...: Don't worry. In the US I'm sure the floppy disk icon will just get replaced with a crucifix.; 8:44 PM, September 14, 2012
bjkeefe said...: Welp, Jesus saves ...; 9:09 PM, September 14, 2012
toma said...: Other symbols/metaphors on the way out. Dials. Like "On your radio dial." Or "Around the dial." Around the whatsis? All I see is numbers, pal. And machines. Drum machines, fax machines. "Did you mean the program? The software, you say?" Not sure I like this world.; 7:37 PM, September 15, 2012

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