9 Sep
2007
9 Sep
'07
8:02 p.m.
On 9 Sep 2007 at 16:04, woodelf wrote:
But the problem with Icons is that they are culture
specfic.
+ This may be a FAN in the USA.
V This is a FAN in Japan.
> This concept is elaborated well in Neal Stephenson's /The Diamond Age/.
Keeping things on-vintage, when were icons first used on PeeCee
hardware?
I have to admit that I'm another one who's mystified by icons; unless
they're part of some very specialized application. Such as in
musical transcription software, where an eighth note (quaver for you
in the UK) means just that--to write it out in words would take
longer to interpret than "You want an eighth note? Just click on the
eighth note." "Sixty-fourth note" or "hemidemisemiquaver" is
just
too cumbersome.
Cheers,
Chuck