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- SteveJobs0
- Wasn't this an IP negotiation between Apple and Windows? Apple still used a trash can icon.waterhouse
- *useswaterhouse
- recycling and trash are two different thingsGnash
- they are, but it's "understood" and it's universally recognized, so what better symbol?SteveJobs
- Gnash and I are saying that this is unrelated to the question you have raised.waterhouse
- Prolly a trademark thing, seen as Windows didn't have any bin at all till 95animatedgif
- Exactly. This one is an intellectual property issue.waterhouse
- Gnash0
still using the term, horsepower.
- waterhouse0
Though technological advances in the DEVICES we use to exchange with each other unfold rather quickly, we rely on a stable language (and the dogged sluggishness of the meanings of words/symbols) to communicate effectively.
- 3030
I have no problem with that; and I think that from the visual point of view legacy should be maintained. Good old days....
- waterhouse0
- <303
- most kids today have never actually seen a telephone like this.randommail
- I can see apple ditching this style icon in iOS 7animatedgif
- supersimple0
- long live usb?SteveJobs
- yeah, the icon really should just be a hard drive at this point
supersimple - at first glance i thought that was a lighter
bjladams