{"id":1306,"date":"2012-12-19T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T09:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2012-12-19T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T09:58:17","slug":"outdated-icon-or-why-you-should-use-more-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/2012\/12\/outdated-icon-or-why-you-should-use-more-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdated icons (or why you should use more text)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wonder how comes we keep using those outdated icons?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1306 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1909326125.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1909326125-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1909326125-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1909326125.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hourglass.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hourglass-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/light-bulb-icon.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/light-bulb-icon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oil-warning.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oil-warning-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oil-warning-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oil-warning.jpeg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone-solid.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone-solid-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone-solid-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone-solid-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phone-solid.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-icon.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/search-icon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TDM_icon_bike99992.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TDM_icon_bike99992-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TDM_icon_bike99992-150x150.gif 150w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TDM_icon_bike99992-300x300.gif 300w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TDM_icon_bike99992.gif 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/watch-live-tv-online.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/watch-live-tv-online-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/watch-live-tv-online-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/watch-live-tv-online.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Excluding the bike, all the symbols are SERIOUSLY outdated, so please, when designing GUI, use text too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wonder how comes we keep using those outdated icons? Excluding the bike, all the symbols are SERIOUSLY outdated, so please, when designing GUI, use text too. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}