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From one piece Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac 5 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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So, in general, I think it's not good in icons to show pictures of a particular product design because like the 3 and 1/2 in floppy for save. Um even though some there's still a few of those kicking around, but obviously it it didn't age well. Better to use a metaphor.
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But um I think the whole point of that project and the graphics was it isn't really just about a grid of pixels. It's the metaphor and the idea and the meaning behind everything.
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But again, too much detail. It would have had a much longer lifespan if I had just stopped and made it simpler.
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So, I my bias in icons is the a salient detail or two, but don't lard it with a lot of extra stuff.
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and I like the idea that since it was a process it looked kind of active and um and then it could be paired with a document that resembled it so our system was kind of a verb and a noun
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From one piece It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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There is no good icon metaphor for every possible action, no matter how much effort goes into finding one.Their words
It's delusional to think that there's a good icon for every action if you think hard enough. There isn't.
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If every element in an interface is marked as distinct, none of them actually stand out.Their words
To stand out, things need to be different. But if everything has an icon, nothing stands out.
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