Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 28th Oct 2007 16:55 UTC
This is the second article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [part I]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' Law, and more. The aim of this series is to explain these terms, learn something about their origins, and finally rate their importance in the field of usability and (graphical) user interface design. In part II today, we focus on the pictogramme, popularly known as the icon.
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RE[2]: xerox star icons...
by hobgoblin on Mon 29th Oct 2007 15:22
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i would much prefer that the whole name got fitted in there.
hell, with the xerox star icons one could in theory, if they where vector based, do some vector math to refit the size of the icon around the size of the filename.
but i guess microsoft "fixed" it with putting the filename to the side of the icon instead of under it with vista...
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kinda interesting how they incorporated the name of the item with the icon itself. hell, its very much like in real life where you slap a sticker or write on the box.
i wonder if the detachment between icon and filename some people seems to have, is that the filename is under the icon, not on the icon itself.
this also leads to silly things like in windows where filenames beyond x length is cut so that the icons are uniformly stacked. but when you then click on the icon, the full text show up, often obscuring the icon directly below it.