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For GUIs, Just the Right Degree of Realism

Posted by timothy on from the insightful-line-drawing dept.

mr crypto writes "User interfaces make copious use of pictures and symbols, but how abstract should images be? Lukas Mathis has an interesting blog entry on where to draw the line."

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  1. Re:Confusing icon practices by Foolicious · · Score: 4, Funny

    many people are too timid to press anything they don't already understand

    Given my experience in IT in corporate America, I would say that this is not only not the case, but REALLY not the case.

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