Re: [tdf-discuss] Can we replace "Floppy Disk"

2011/12/30 Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@openoffice.org>

> On 28/12/2011 Norbert Thiebaud wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Danishka Navin wrote:
> >
> > > Why we still continue the "Floppy Disk" as the icon for "Save" button in
> > > LibreOffice?
> >
> > When was the last time you saw a phone that look like
> > http://iphonestudio.co.uk/**images/uber_iphone_phone_logo.**jpg<http://iphonestudio.co.uk/images/uber_iphone_phone_logo.jpg>
> > Ironically that 70 years old design is still used on IPhone and others
> > modern cell-phone to indicate: 'telephone'
>
> Indeed. An icon is just a convention to convey a meaning and it should not
> necessarily be a representation of reality. One doesn't usually look for
> words in a document using a binocular or a magnifying glass, but people can
> easily associate these icons to "Find".
>
> For those who want to practice their Italian or stress-test machine
> translation, here's a nice short and funny article from 1996 by the famous
> writer Umberto Eco: "Icons everywhere? No thanks, I can read".
> http://tecfa.unige.ch/staf/**staf9597/beltrame/STAF13/eco.**html<http://tecfa.unige.ch/staf/staf9597/beltrame/STAF13/eco.html>
>
> Regards,
>  Andrea.


As a counter to Professor Eco's brief - and as always in his case, witty
critique of icons, may I suggest that interested users test his conclusions
by launching Writer, clicking Tools and selecting Customise and then
Toolbars, clicking the Toolbar button and finally selecting «Text only». *
Pace* Professor Eco, but I suspect that all who do so will immediately
reselect «Icons only»....

Henri

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