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If you really want people to understand, it should probably be just arabic numerals. They're almost universally understand, and then you can just look it up in your language or print out the chart and put it next to the machine.
Wow! The new icons have unacceptably small details, and I'm not sure how that's not obvious to even non-designers. And yet the author claims their set puts usability in front of beauty, as opposed to the originals ? I don't usually write this negatively, but this really provoked an emotional reaction in me. Self-evidence is only one desirable quality of iconography, and it is not the most important one. Legibility is…
> If I can't read the details, or they easily wear off or fade, then it doesn't matter how self-describing they are. You can reverse this too. If I never understand what they mean, it doesn’t matter that I can still read them. I mean, I agree there’s too many hard to read details, but the originals are absolutely impenetrable.
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Do people really boil clothes? Obviously that's not a thing in the US, but I could see it being useful for whites, perhaps.
> Do people really boil clothes? Obviously that's not a thing in the US, but I could see it being useful for whites, perhaps. It's usually for really sturdy whites you want to disinfect after they've been soiled for instance. Use of that program has definitely gone way down over time. The energy requirements alone make it not a routine wash thing. It's also used to basically deep clean the washing machine itself.
https://unimac.com/products/washer-extractors/high-performan...
Also, why not putting the old and new icons side by side? For an UX designer that is policing on others, the animated GIF that you can't control with a fast transition was a very poor choice.
In most cases it's pretty obvious how a fabric should be washed just based on the feel of the material. In cases where it isn't, I've got the chart up in the one place I do laundry. Most launder mats I've been to have the same chart on the wall somewhere.
I'm not sure why memorizing is so bad in this case.
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I really find the idea that "having to know, or lookup stuff", as a problem, offensive. Laundry is literally filled with things to know, outside of these symbols. Household tasks are. I don't see labels on bleech bottles, saying not to mix it with vinegar or you could die. Yet people have done that in the wash, so why not start there? Here's what each sane person should do, who actually takes time to look at tags. (a…
> I don't see labels on bleech bottles, saying not to mix it with vinegar or you could die. Have you looked? Mine says “STRONG OXIDIZING AGENT: Mix only with water. Mixing this product with chemicals […] may release hazardous gases”