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> Most people have heard of files and documents in real life
I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept.
I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
The C source for Emacs buffer: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/src/buffer...
Off topic but … > Most people have heard of files and documents in real life I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept. I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
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The classic example being the Banana shaped phone receiver icon on android and ios. There are People alive today only know that shape as the call icon and never use that type of land line.
At the moment of posting, I am alive, and not only know the shape as that of the handset I grew up using, but have such a phone in my kitchen.
Off topic but … > Most people have heard of files and documents in real life I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept. I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
(I'm guessing the answer is "more than I think...")
For those (like me) being stuck on "skeuomorphic" in the second sentence: > A skeuomorph is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues (attributes) from structures that were necessary in the original. Skeuomorphs are typically used to make something new feel familiar in an effort to speed understanding and acclimation. They employ elements that, while essential to the original object, serve no pragmatic…
Oh my goodness this word applies to a lot of mainstream programming language design.
Off topic but … > Most people have heard of files and documents in real life I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept. I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
I'd venture to guess everyone here knows what YouTube is even if they never use it. I wonder how many (even on this list) have seen a CRT? (I'm guessing the answer is "more than I think...")
Who would that be?
Off topic but … > Most people have heard of files and documents in real life I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept. I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
Off topic but … > Most people have heard of files and documents in real life I don’t think so. I’m late 30s and I learned of files and folders on windows long before I was introduced to the physical concept. I still feel a small tickle in my funny bone when I see a real life version of the folder icon in an office.
Have you seen the little 3d-printed versions of the “save” icon? Some people call them “floppy disks” for unknown reasons. :)