Analog Icons Persist in Digital Interfaces

Millions of users interact with digital icons representing obsolete analog objects like floppy disks and faxes, which were once common but are now unfamiliar to many.

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Floppy disks, faxes, envelopes and other analog fossils that survive in Windows imagery

Millions of users click icons of objects they have never used physically, even though they were part of daily life not so long ago

By Rafael Clemente

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Analog Icons Persist in Digital Interfaces

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Floppy disks, faxes, envelopes and other analog fossils that survive in Windows imagery

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