I would have to say it's because I can't draw. And I was thinking about things related to downloading ie. plucker, sucker, etc... so I think that the pacifier came about primarily because i needed something that was very simple to draw, looked OK in b&w, and related to the application, i.e. sucking - but not necessarily the final name, because I dont think I'd come up with 'plucker' at the time!... It's also possible that I was just doodling and it appeared in the icon editor and then I made the rest of it up. Circles and lines are about the extent of my graphical abilities... so I can't remember exactly how it came about, though I do remember I was sitting in the living room of my apartment in Maitland St, Toronto M4Y1C4 and it was late evening when I did it... weird what you remember..!
fwiw I think that the action of taking a pacifier from a baby could be called "plucking" it from the baby's mouth, though my experience with babies is somewhat limited! :) Also fwiw, the original name of the "plucker" software was "flight attendant". The reasoning was that you had an explorer and a navigator, and a palm pilot, so the only thing missing was ... :) But it was too hard to type (though I used the abbreviation FA a lot, which also has connotations) and a bit obscure, so plucker (while still obscure) at least relates to the function as well as being a joke, so i went with that. Cheers Mark On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 05:06, Wesley Mason wrote: > I think 'plucker' may be another nickname for a pacifier. Don't quote me > though. > > -Wes > > > Michael Nordstr�m said: > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002, Edward Rayl wrote: > >> I tend to think it looks like a pacifier myself (maybe you have to be > >> a parent). Doesn't look link a chicken, so what is it? :-) > > > > It's a pacifier; you will have to ask Mark *why* a pacifier is used for > > the application icon, though ;-) > > > > /Mike
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