tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post4119604767615604033..comments2009-12-16T09:26:00.624-08:00Sunil Shindehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12223421848697871761noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-92122019502364344152009-12-16T09:26:00.624-08:002009-12-16T09:26:00.624-08:00It's a matter of context, i suppose. Where you see an icon has to lot to do with what it means. Atter all, a case could be made for "magnifying glass = print preview" because you're actually gonna be looking very closely at the final simulated output, exactly what you'd do with a magnifying glass.bottleHeDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089213749229774400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-44726051662524053042008-09-08T12:40:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:40:00.000-07:00Actually the mag glass for "zoom" is far less used than the one for "search". Which is also clearly inappropriate to use. But equally as confusing. I think the problem is that MS came up with some of these metaphors so long ago before we really had established guidelines on what to use where. And now they are afraid to change it even if it made more sense. I know with Vista they made some changes to icons that no longer made sense. But some still exist.MLJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-69080922026888541322008-09-05T08:02:00.000-07:002008-09-05T08:02:00.000-07:00Discoverability vs intuitiveness? :-)naveen rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-35586147669411441342008-08-21T23:50:00.000-07:002008-08-21T23:50:00.000-07:00The tool tip helped initially. Then i got used to it. :-)Umeshhttp://whitespace.umeshgopinath.comnoreply@blogger.com