> Even the case-less hard drive icon in the Quick Look preview window incorrectly uses an image of a spinning disk to represent an SSD.
Its called a symbol. What else would you do, put a piece of plastic called SSD instead?
Its called a symbol. What else would you do, put a piece of plastic called SSD instead?
The Date & Time icon is an analog clock with a paper calendar icon on top of it. Does the author think this is "incorrect" because the computer does not actually have a tiny analog clock inside of it? It does have another type of clock based on a newer technology.
The Energy Saver icon is a light bulb with a standard base screw-in socket. The computer doesn't have one of those inside it either. And the computer's energy usage isn't primarily from lighting. But the icon is an LED bulb, and we understand those as a way of saving energy.
The Screen Time icon is an hourglass. Is this incorrect because the computer does not internally use an actual hourglass to judge whether your session is too long? Nevertheless, the idea comes across OK because you can use an hourglass for similar purposes.
Interestingly, this used to be a normal lightbulb, then evolved into a CFL and is an LED bulb today.
> So what should Apple do? Customized icons for different types of drives would be a good start. Time Machine drives get custom icons automatically, as do many other types of storage devices that were more common in the past, so surely Apple could design different icons for SSDs and Fusion Drives, and then display them appropriately based on the type of drive.
Apple could repurpose one of the existing SSD icons pretty easily.
That doesn't sound like Apple has icons for SSDs already.
The author is making the point that this shouldn't take much effort because Apple already uses different icons.
There's no SSD icon.
You can also take it to the extreme and make sure that it's noticebale as an SSD. For example like this: https://dribbble.com/shots/123884-HDRV-Solid-State
And Child would ask their mum and dad why have they 3D Printed the Save Icon. ( And this is not a Joke )
Yes it is
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/24/16505912/floppy-disk-3d-...