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Ed Webb

The End of Cyberspace: Google's cloudy Web clipboard - 1 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 05 Apr 10 - Cached
  • shifts in metaphors matter
  • Today I noticed that Google Docs doesn't have a clipboard; instead, it has a "Web clipboard."
  • Notice that the Web clipboard isn't a conventional clipboard icon, but a clipboard with a cloud in front of it.
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  • Google's icon designers are assuming that people are familiar enough with the cloud = Web equation to make its use uncontroversial. Another step away from cyberspace as place.
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