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IN DEFENSE
OF THE
FLOPPY DISK
LIS PARDI
@LISPARDI
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Lis icon designed by Jay Bellew
HI. I’M LIS.
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I DEFEND THE FLOPPY DISK...
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…AGAINST THIS ICON, WHICH INSTRUCTS YOU
TO PUT YOUR FILE IN HALF A BOX.
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Students designed by Piotrek Chuchla from The Noun Project
PEOPLE THINK STUDENTS DON’T KNOW THE
FLOPPY DISK, BUT COLLEGE STUDENTS SAID:
“SERIOUSLY, I’M ONLY 20 BUT YOUNG PEOPLE
AREN’T THAT BLIND TO OLD TECH.”
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I ASKED LOTS OF THEM. *NOT ACTUAL GENDER RATIO
Students designed by Piotrek Chuchla from The Noun Project
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
LAST YEAR I SURVEYED 131 18-24 YEAR OLDS
ABOUT THE FLOPPY DISK AND 10 OTHER ICONS.
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I LEARNED THAT 96% KNOW THIS IS A FLOPPY
DISK.
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AND 83% KNOW THIS MEANS SAVE. OF THOSE
WHO DIDN’T SAY “SAVE,” THEY KNEW THIS
REPRESENTED SOME SORT OF STORAGE OR
MEMORY.
Save designed by Cris Dobbins from The Noun Project
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BUT NO ONE BELIEVED THAT THE SAVE ICON IS
STILL WORKING. SO I SURVEYED MORE PEOPLE.
YOUNGER PEOPLE.
526 14-17 YEAR OLDS, TO BE EXACT.
I win!
Hooray!
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Reddit alien
IT’S HARD TO FIND TEENAGERS, SO I TURNED
TO REDDIT. IT’S KNOWN FOR ITS
PROFESSIONALISM. THE TEENAGERS TAUGHT
ME ABOUT ICONS AND THEMSELVES.
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TEEN FACT #1: THEY’RE OBVIOUS WHEN
THEY’RE MESSING WITH YOU.
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CONSIDER
THE AUDIENCE
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WHEN WORKING WITH WORDS
DON’T
INSULT
YOUR USERS
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WHEN WORKING WITH ICONS
DON’T
INSULT
YOUR USERS
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WHEN WORKING WITH WORDS
CONTEXT
MATTERS
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Kettle designed by Jennifer Cozzette from the thenounproject.com
CONTEXT HELPS DECIPHER IDIOMS, LIKE “ASS
OVER TEA KETTLE.”
*NOT TO SCALE
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WHEN WORKING WITH ICONS
CONTEXT
MATTERS
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Magnifying glass by The Noun Project
CONTEXT HELPS DECIPHER ICONS WHEN THEY
HAVE TWO MEANINGS.
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Magnifying
Glass 95%
Other 5%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Search
71%
Zoom
24%
Other 2%
Search/Zoom 3%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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Pencil designed by Blake Thompson, from The Noun Project
CONTEXT ALSO HELPS WHEN AN ICON HAS
MANY USES, LIKE THIS ONE.
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
idk
TEEN FACT #2: ELEVEN PEOPLE COULD NOT
IDENTIFY THIS OBJECT. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR SCHOOLS?
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Pencil
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No guess 2%
Pen 1%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Write
24%
Draw 13%
No guess 17%
Edit/Write 7%
Draw/Edit 2%Edit
22%
Note 2%
Pencil 2%
Draw/Write 2%
New 2%
Type 2%
Other 5%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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Voicemail by The Noun Project
CONTEXT HELPS WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT SOMETHING REPRESENTS.
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Tape/Reco
rding 53%
No
guess
32%
Voicemail 5%
Glasses 1%
Phone 2%
Spaghetti
(and similar) 2%
Other 2%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Voicemail
49%
No
guess
30%
Recording/Voicem
ail 1%
Recording 12%
Video 2%
Message 1%
Other 5%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
[censored]
TEEN FACT #3:
THEY’RE INNOCENT. SOME THINK THIS ICON
LOOKS LIKE BODY PARTS, WHICH MEANS
THEY’VE CLEARLY NEVER SEEN SAID PARTS.
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OLD IS
NOTHING NEW
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WHEN WORKING WITH WORDS
USE
METAPHORS
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“DIPLOMATIC CABLES” AREN’T ACTUALLY SENT
OVER A TELEGRAPH ANYMORE.
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Telephone from The Noun Project
PHONES DON’T HANG, BUT WE STILL END A
CALL BY HANGING UP.
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WE GET STOCK INFORMATION ON A MACHINE
THAT, IF IT MAKES ANY NOISE, BUZZES. BUT WE
CALL IT A STOCK TICKER.
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CC SOMEONE ON AN EMAIL AND YOU’RE
RECALLING THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF CARBON
PAPER.
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NOTHING ABOUT YOUR SUBARU REQUIRES YOU
TO PULL, BUT YOU “PULL OVER” A CAR.
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WHEN WORKING WITH ICONS
USE
METAPHORS
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MOST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DON’T SEE
MUCH MAIL, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THE ICON.
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Envelope
95%
Email 2%
Other 3%
WHAT IS THIS?
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61%Mail 12%
Mail/Message 2%
Email/Message
10%
Message 9%
Send 3%
Other 3%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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THIS IS A PAY PHONE RECEIVER, WHICH NO ONE
HAS SEEN IN DECADES. (EXACT DATE MAY NOT
BE ACCURATE.)
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Phone
99%
Call 1%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Call/Dialer
95%
Other 5%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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Folder designed by Sergio Calcara, from The Noun Project
TEENAGERS DON’T DO A LOT WITH MANILA
FOLDERS, AND YET THEY UNDERSTAND THE
ICON.
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Folder
88%
Other 3%
File 9%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Folder
76%
Directory 2%
File 10%
File/Folder 2%
Save 2%
Open 2%
Other 6%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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Contact designed by Johan H. W. Basberg, from The Noun Project
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT A
ROLODEX IS, THEY KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS.
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ID
Card
39%
Rolodex
8%No guess 10%
Address Book 7%
Contact Card 18%
Photo ID 6%
Contact 4%
Business Card 2%
Newspaper 2%
Profile 1%
Other 3%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Contacts
63%
Profile 13%
Information 1%
No Guess 18%
Address Book 2%
Other 3%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
ID? I’m 14
No [censored] clue since I don’t have one yet.
TEEN FACT #4:
THEY’RE SENSITIVE AND ANGSTY.
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OUR EMBATTLED HERO.
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Floppy
Disk 91%
Hard drive 2%
Flash/SD/
Memory card 2%
No guess 3%
Other 2%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Save
91%
No guess 3%
Memory 1%
Storage 2%
Other 3%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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DID YOU CATCH THAT? HIGH SCHOOLERS (WHO
MAY NOT HAVE EVER SEEN THIS IN REAL LIFE)
KNOW WHAT IT MEANS ON A SCREEN. THIS
ICON WORKS.
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
Floppy dicks (pun intended)
TEEN FACT #5:
THEY’RE NOT VERY SMART.
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WHEN WORKING WITH ICONS
DIGITAL AND
PHYSICAL ARE
CONFUSING
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TEENAGERS DON’T THINK OF DIGITAL ACTIONS
AS DIFFERENT THAN REAL-WORLD ACTIONS.
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Trash 98%
Other 2%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Delete
39%
Delete/Recycle 4%Trash
40%
Delete/Trash 7%
Recycle Bin 8%
Other 2%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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1. What is this a picture of?
2. What does this represent on a computer or phone?
TEEN FACT #6:
THEY’RE A LITTLE FUNNY.
my hopes and dreams
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WHAT IF
THERE ISN’T A
PHYSICAL
EQUIVALENT?
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WHEN WORKING WITH WORDS
DO THE BEST
YOU CAN
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WE KNOW THE FACEBOOK WALL ISN’T LOAD
BEARING, BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE’LL
SEE ON THIS WALL.
Browser designed by Max Miner from the thenounproject.com
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WHEN WORKING WITH ICONS
DO THE BEST
YOU CAN
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SO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE’S ANYTHING
SLIGHTLY RELATED THAT COULD BE A GOOD
ICON. WE DON’T USE GEARS ANYMORE, BUT
THE ICON IS UNDERSTOOD.
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Gear 95%
Settings 3%
Other 2%
WHAT IS THIS?
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WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
Settings
98%
Other 2%
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Link designed by David Waschbüsch, from The Noun Project
OTHER ICONS HAVE STRETCHED A METAPHOR
WITH LESS SUCCESS. THIS ICON HAS BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE 90S, BUT HAS LOW
RECOGNITION.
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Chain
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Paperclip 9%
Link 6%
No guess 6%
Other 2%
WHAT IS THIS?
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Link
54%Connection 6%
Attachment 11%
Link account or
device 1%
Attachment/Link 2%
Link/Share 2%
Share 3%
No guess 15%
Other 6%
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?
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WE’RE STILL FIGURING OUT SOME
THINGS. LIKE THIS ICON, WHICH WAS
FIRST DESIGNED IN 1981 BY NORM
COX. 1981!
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“…we used to tell
potential users that the
image was an ‘air vent’ to
keep the window cool”
-- Norm Cox
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GREAT A/B TESTS BY JAMES FOSTER AND
USABILITY TEST BY TEAMS AT VANGUARD (AND
MANY OTHERS) SHOW THAT THIS ICON DOES
BEST WHEN IT’S NEXT TO THE WORD “MENU.”
MENU
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Students designed by Piotrek Chuchla from The Noun Project
IF YOU’RE UNSURE IF AN ICON WORKS FOR
YOUR AUDIENCE, ASK THEM. THEY HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS.
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REMEMBER:
Don’t insult
your users
Context matters Use metaphors
Digital is
confusing
Do the best you can Don’t kill my friend
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@LISPARDI
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