Comments on: Old News about Icons

By: Andrew Cowie: Get your icons back | Full-Linux.com

Andrew Cowie: Get your icons back | Full-Linux.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:09:26 +0000

[...] only menus are better, they (politely) replied with reference to a respected source in HMI design, Jared Spool. Reading that page it indeed says that text only is better than icon only. But right before that, [...]

By: OAS - The facts about icon usability

OAS - The facts about icon usability — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:53:05 +0000

[...] as fate would have it, usability guru Jared Spool pushed out a post on the UIE Brainsparks blog yesterday recounting a few important facts about icon usability and I thought it would be good to [...]

By: LA-UX event with Jared Spool, sponsored by Microsoft and speakTECH - Knobs, Tubes & Dials - speakTECH Labs

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:11:35 +0000

[...] Jared used many real life examples to illustrate his points and even went over how certain companies (such as Amazon) go to great lengths to make subtle changes to their interface over time so that users are not shocked or jarred by the "new" experience. He also answered questions from the audience which included a question regarding icons: "When will the 'save' icon stop looking like a floppy disk? Floppies haven't existed in years!" In discussing icons, Jared us reminded us about the following (as seen on his blog): [...]

By: Links, bookmarks, discoveries « iapresentation

Links, bookmarks, discoveries « iapresentation — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:23:16 +0000

[...] and Hicks Design Icons for Interaction and a revisit to Old News about Icons [...]

By: A Digital Outrigger / Library Usability Links 6/29/09

A Digital Outrigger / Library Usability Links 6/29/09 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:02:05 +0000

[...] Jared Spool lays out the key guidelines for icons [...]

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Twitted by ixdStudio — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:15:25 +0000

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