Re:The Dilemma of Icons
by WalterBright on Thursday August 24, 2023 @08:20PM
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I love the gas pump with a right-pointing arrow icon in the dashboard. Does it mean:
1. The gas pump goes on the right side of the car?
2. The gas pump goes on the left side of the car, and the hose goes to the right into the fuel inlet?
This is before you even get to the dumbness that ensues by the UX designers getting confused to whether a button that is a toggle should have the icon representing the current state, or the state that clicking it will cause to happen, like every other button in existence. (Think of the Mute button in every videoconferencing app -- at least Zoom still has a text label on it though!)