Usability in Icons

Re:Usability in Icons by Tichy on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @04:24AM (#2890345)

What would be a good replacement? A little cloud perhaps? :-) Or somebody engraving something on a stone tablet (timeless)?

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Re:Usability in Icons by Wevah on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @04:35AM (#2890374)

I use an arrow pointing down to a 2D HD icon. Perhaps not the best imagery, but I guess I feel like I can afford to buck tradition.

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Re:Usability in Icons by couriernew on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @04:46AM (#2890398)

In a way, that's only postponing the same result as the floppy disk icon.

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Re:Usability in Icons by Wevah on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @04:52AM (#2890417)

All too true.

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Re:Usability in Icons by Oestrogen on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @06:34AM (#2890639)

And how many non-geeky users know what a hard drive looks like?

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