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   Simon Carter (bbbscarter@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 23:02:46 JST Simon Carter

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   @dormouse759 I agree with @sinbad. Sure, all icons are digital abstractions based. The original abstractions were built upon real objects, so there was a physical ground truth representation.

   Then we built a new abstraction upon that, which tidied up the rough edges.

   20 years on we’re ~15 abstractions down, and the reference ground truth is probably somewhere around iteration ~10. Unless you know what that is, it’s like trying to understand French when all you know is Latin.

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 23:02:43 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     @wolfr @bbbscarter @dormouse759 kids just bash everything until something happens, learning by massive amounts of trial and error. It’s nothing to do with intuitiveness

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     Wolfr (wolfr@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 23:02:45 JST Wolfr

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     @bbbscarter @dormouse759 @sinbad yet little kids use phones without a problem, so surely there is some affordance? Actionable buttons are usually colored. List views with a chevron clickable. Back button obviously goes back. The picture isn’t as bad as it is painted here.

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     Simon Carter (bbbscarter@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 23:10:45 JST Simon Carter

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     @sinbad @wolfr @dormouse759 Agreed. Also:

     “Next week on ‘Old Men Shouting At Clouds’ - why DVDs are actually better than streaming”

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 03:18:30 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     @bbbscarter don’t worry, I self-identify as an old man these days (although I prefer BluRays 😉)

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     Simon Carter (bbbscarter@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 03:18:31 JST Simon Carter

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     @sinbad @wolfr @dormouse759 just realised that might have sounded rude. Just in case; I’m the old man, and I do believe DVDs are better.