It's a global problem

Weblog:		Icons, Usability and Computers
Subject:		It's a global problem
Date:		2006-01-25 07:00:04
From:		adamrice

Just look at how many icons are planets or include them. Firefox, Camino, NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, Ecto, blah blah blah. Representing the web iconically is difficult, as it has no meatspace antecedant. In the early days of the web CERN used a stylized green WWW; it would have been nice if that (or any consistent symbol) caught on, but we're left with the web being symbolized by the world.

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It's a global problem
2006-01-25 08:29:19 Villa [Reply | View]

I agree. Furthermore, using a spiderweb is probably not the best way to attract people to click on a link.

Now there's a googlewack !
2006-01-25 07:45:38 andrewrennard [Reply | View]

"meatspace antecedant" - nothing found on Google (until this page is indexed)...

No googlewack - word is spelled wrong
2006-01-25 10:35:10 Krioni [Reply | View]

Um, perhaps you didn't notice, but the word is "antecedent" - not "antecedant." Go google "meatspace antecedent" and you'll find many results.

No googlewhack here, just poor spelling.

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