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. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
