Comments on: *SPECIAL WEEKEND QUIZ: Icon, Can You? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Vicki http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82887 Vicki Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:47:33 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82887 80%...yeah! My summer is made. Guess it doesn't take much. 80%…yeah! My summer is made. Guess it doesn’t take much.

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82843 Gabriel Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82843 I got a perfect score, which saddens me somehow. Time to spend more time outside. I got a perfect score, which saddens me somehow. Time to spend more time outside.

]]> By: Mason http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82745 Mason Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:14:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82745 I only missed two - switched Visio and Project. Hard job designing these icons but overall just looking at them made it reasonably easy. I only missed two – switched Visio and Project. Hard job designing these icons but overall just looking at them made it reasonably easy.

]]> By: Joy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82666 Joy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:16:51 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82666 Hum, I got roughly half. I'm a mac user so I don't feel too horrible about my results. It's funny though that some of the above suggestions are actually what mac uses for their program. The word equivalent uses a pen and ink for the icon. The powerpoint equivalent is a podium icon. Of course I'm a bit biased as a mac girl but... When my mom, at age 60, needed to use a computer for the first time, after deciding to take an online course, I had to teach her on my old iMac. (It was that beautiful green color from '99.) Then I bought her a windows-based laptop for Christmas so I would no longer have to manipulate her files to her class' requirements. She has said many times the only reason she could figure out her new computer was because the mac was so user friendly and intuitive. Even then, I had to actually sit down and give her more computer lessons with the windows. Anyway, when everyone (that I know) from a 60 year old computer virgin to computer engineers and developers (with me in the middle) find macs more user friendly than ms... That's a sad state for MicroSoft to be in. Hum, I got roughly half. I’m a mac user so I don’t feel too horrible about my results. It’s funny though that some of the above suggestions are actually what mac uses for their program. The word equivalent uses a pen and ink for the icon. The powerpoint equivalent is a podium icon.

Of course I’m a bit biased as a mac girl but… When my mom, at age 60, needed to use a computer for the first time, after deciding to take an online course, I had to teach her on my old iMac. (It was that beautiful green color from ’99.) Then I bought her a windows-based laptop for Christmas so I would no longer have to manipulate her files to her class’ requirements. She has said many times the only reason she could figure out her new computer was because the mac was so user friendly and intuitive. Even then, I had to actually sit down and give her more computer lessons with the windows. Anyway, when everyone (that I know) from a 60 year old computer virgin to computer engineers and developers (with me in the middle) find macs more user friendly than ms… That’s a sad state for MicroSoft to be in.

]]> By: Sandie http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82489 Sandie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:11:23 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82489 oh yeah, I spend way too much time on my computer...9/12 correct (75%), and I only have excel, outlook and word on my computer! (I think) some of them are quite intuitive really, groove makes sense, as does notebook and publisher...(at least I think so!) oh yeah, I spend way too much time on my computer…9/12 correct (75%), and I only have excel, outlook and word on my computer! (I think) some of them are quite intuitive really, groove makes sense, as does notebook and publisher…(at least I think so!)

]]> By: Ian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82487 Ian Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:53:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82487 Yeah Yeah

]]> By: may http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82384 may Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:45:48 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82384 Half is pretty good I think for not actaully using the programs often or at all. Half is pretty good I think for not actaully using the programs often or at all.

]]> By: geese http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82327 geese Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:38:20 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82327 Another Mac user with 58%. I can deal with that. Another Mac user with 58%. I can deal with that.

]]> By: Ed http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82319 Ed Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:13:09 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82319 50% Whatever. OpenOffice FTW! 50%

Whatever.

OpenOffice FTW!

]]> By: Mark http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889/comment-page-1#comment-82318 Mark Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:12:06 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7889#comment-82318 9 of 12, Seventy-Five Percent. 9 of 12, Seventy-Five Percent.

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