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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by intoverflow2 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:30AM (#12165430)
> He seems uninterested in even acknowledging the point that most cameras don't look like that anymore, and there are many (most?) full fledged adults who have never used a camera with a large attached lens.

People say things like this in defence of the recent Apple UI changes but completely ignore the [iOS6 camera icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/IOS_6_Home_Sc...) vs [iOS7+](http://static1.i4u.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/main_i...)

We went from an icon that literally looks like the iPhone camera to an icon of a point and shoot you and others claim is antiquated and not relevant.

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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by mdonahoe on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:45AM (#12166420)
I consider this an an casualty of the switch to flat design: how do you draw a "flat" lens?

Without 3D or lighting effects, a lens is just a few concentric circles. So a flat picture of a camera housing is less ambiguous, even though it is not what a phone camera looks like.

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