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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