folklore.org— Ever wonder where that weird flower-ish symbol on Apple Computer keyboards came from? Pretty interesting story in here about how Steve Jobs and his designers came to this Swedish symbol.
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skyfex writes: "But then again, sweden and norway is practically the same."Well apart from that Sweden now is a member of the European Union. :-( I hope will be welcome to move in with you Norwegians when things get too out of hand here in Sweden. Would rather have a Norse Union (or mabye should call it "Nordic Union"). Thanks.
I've always thought that for such an intuitive system in general, they really need to change that stupid symbol that has no logic to (outside of Sweden that is).
"Why are they too stupid to simply put "Cmd" or "Command" on the key?"I suppose the question is why are you too stupid to realize this would require an additional 2 or 6 characters added to every menu item. A single character is both easier to recognize and takes up less space in the menu.
cronicusxDec 3, 2005
Nice read.
bromsklossDec 3, 2005
skyfex writes: "But then again, sweden and norway is practically the same."Well apart from that Sweden now is a member of the European Union. :-( I hope will be welcome to move in with you Norwegians when things get too out of hand here in Sweden. Would rather have a Norse Union (or mabye should call it "Nordic Union"). Thanks.
strayDec 3, 2005
What I want to know is where I can get that "comprehensive international symbol dictionary" to which they referred. That thing would be sweet.
breakneckridgeDec 3, 2005
I've always thought that for such an intuitive system in general, they really need to change that stupid symbol that has no logic to (outside of Sweden that is).
Closed AccountDec 4, 2005
"Ever wonder where that weird flower-ish symbol on Apple Computer keyboards came from?"No.
cadmasteradamDec 4, 2005
my mastery of usesless knoweldge is now complete!! mmmuaahahaahah
vuzmanDec 5, 2005
Link: <a class="user" href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/25/2518.html">http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/25/2518.html</a>
tantalicDec 9, 2005
"Why are they too stupid to simply put "Cmd" or "Command" on the key?"I suppose the question is why are you too stupid to realize this would require an additional 2 or 6 characters added to every menu item. A single character is both easier to recognize and takes up less space in the menu.
doggerblueJul 21, 2006
Yo, the article doesn't say the symbol means campground. It says that the symbol means something interesting to see IN a campground. So .... yeah.DB.
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