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From: grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: ICONS: Passing Fad or New Found Wisd - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 23:47:24 EDT
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uiuccsb!grunwald    Jun 27 15:07:00 1983

  I would agree that you're being somewhat cynical about "cutsey" icons.

I think that Icons have a definite place in modern computer systems. Since they
are pictorial, they are not language specific. Anyone comming from a Western
heritage would be able to recognize the "garbage can" icon on the Apple Lisa,
and coule probably infer that that is where one puts things that one doesn't
want any more.
   The ability to cross language, if not cultural, barriers with icons is fairly
important for computer vendors (not to mention the people who have no language,
as laura pointed out so well).