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Icons That Don't Make Sense Anymore
theodp writes "The Floppy Disk Icon, observes Scott Hanselman, means 'save' for a whole generation of people who have never seen one. That, and other old people icons that don't make sense anymore — Radio Buttons, Clipboards, Bookmarks, Address Books and Calendars, Voicemail, Manila Folder, Handset Phone, Magnifying Glass and Binoculars, Envelopes, Wrenches and Gears, Microphones, Photography, Televisions, Carbon Copies and Blueprints — are the subject of Hanselman's post on icons that are near or past retirement age, whose continued use is likely to make them iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery to many."
how the hell do you relate a radio button to a smartphone?
radio buttons (and their check box cousins) aren't linked to technology; they are to software as a dollar sign is to financials
you morons aren't actually assuming that a radio button has anything to do with an actual radio are you? that would be just sad
Now that screens have higher resolutions, they cant see them anyway.
Sit closer to the monitor, or wear your reading glasses old man.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.