On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 15:15 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 13:25 +0100, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> > Op Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:57:38 +0100, schreef Sebastian Rittau:
> >
> > > I wonder if a stylized hard disk is any better than a stylized 3.5" disk.
> >
> > I dare say that it is not. How many people have any notion of what a hard
> > disk actually looks like? Most of them can't even tell RAM or hard disk
> > apart. Try asking average computer users how much memory they have in
> > their PC, if you don't believe me...
>
> I won't argue against that, but do bear in mind that we're
> not talking about the sort of fancy photo-realistic hard
> disk the Apple uses. It's a cute little white boxy thing.
> Since it's the same icon you see inside Computer, the hope
> is that users will form a mental association.
Then why not an arrow going into a folder icon?
D.
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