Apple sued Microsoft over the “look and feel” of the desktop interface, claiming that Windows was too similar to Mac OS. The suit was mostly dismissed, except in the case of the trash bin. The judge ruled that the Microsoft version came too close to Apple’s. From that point on Microsoft used the Recycle Bin.
…And Windows’ recycling bin icons were shit ever since, except for Vista, where the icon actually resembled those used in OSX.
The suit was filed in 1988, when 2.0 was the latest release of Windows. I couldn’t find what the trash bin icon looked like in it, but Macintosh back then had wonderful icons designed by Susan Kare:
Windows 3.1 seems to have had a pretty neat icon, if this page is correct, but it might’ve already been updated after the initial decision in the case, or just as an overall refresh.
Xerox also bought 100,000 shares of Apple in 79’ for $10 a share to help with the research. That would be worth 6.2 billion dollars in stock now. But they sold it in 89’.
The is the universal symbol for throwing something away, but I think the recycle symbol is far more recognized even though they mean two different things.
Imagine being able to see something universally recognized and not thinking too hard on the connection between a name and the symbology associated with it. Fucking wild concept.
And your analogy is a poor one considering the sign Stop says the word Stop. If the Stop sign said Go then sure, but trash /=/ recycle
It’s known as the recycle bin where I’m from as opposed to Apple’s trash because that’s its official name as the symbol denotes. It’s still wild that someone wouldn’t notice it at all, ever. It’s as plain as the nose on your face, or the word stop on a stop sign, which is just 4 symbols bang in the middle.
This meme has been recycled more times than I can count.
You know I don’t think I ever realized the trash icon has a recycle logo on it. Weird
I think Microsoft put the recycle logo on theirs because Apple used the “Trash bin” moniker and Microsoft wanted to appear more green or whatever.
Apple sued Microsoft over the “look and feel” of the desktop interface, claiming that Windows was too similar to Mac OS. The suit was mostly dismissed, except in the case of the trash bin. The judge ruled that the Microsoft version came too close to Apple’s. From that point on Microsoft used the Recycle Bin.
…And Windows’ recycling bin icons were shit ever since, except for Vista, where the icon actually resembled those used in OSX.
The suit was filed in 1988, when 2.0 was the latest release of Windows. I couldn’t find what the trash bin icon looked like in it, but Macintosh back then had wonderful icons designed by Susan Kare:
Windows 3.1 seems to have had a pretty neat icon, if this page is correct, but it might’ve already been updated after the initial decision in the case, or just as an overall refresh.
Ah, fascinating. Poor Xerox though.
Xerox also bought 100,000 shares of Apple in 79’ for $10 a share to help with the research. That would be worth 6.2 billion dollars in stock now. But they sold it in 89’.
Is there any other universal icon that is at all related to throwing things away? The recycling icon might just be a win by default.
The is the universal symbol for throwing something away, but I think the recycle symbol is far more recognized even though they mean two different things.
It is rather odd that for X years you could (presumably) see the icon very regularly and never see the sole feature on that icon.
It’s like saying you didn’t realise a stop sign had a word in the middle of it.
Imagine being able to see something universally recognized and not thinking too hard on the connection between a name and the symbology associated with it. Fucking wild concept.
And your analogy is a poor one considering the sign Stop says the word Stop. If the Stop sign said Go then sure, but trash /=/ recycle
It’s known as the recycle bin where I’m from as opposed to Apple’s trash because that’s its official name as the symbol denotes. It’s still wild that someone wouldn’t notice it at all, ever. It’s as plain as the nose on your face, or the word stop on a stop sign, which is just 4 symbols bang in the middle.