Do you remember Andy Hertzfeld? He was the author of a huge part of the original Mac ROM and he discu es the creation of the A le command logo in this writeup. Tur out that the logo was based on a Swedish symbol used to flag noteworthy attractio at campgrounds. Susan Kare, A le's bitmap artist, found it in an international symbol dictionary. So why didn't they just use an A le symbol? Steve Jo had had enough. "There are too many A les on the screen! It's ridiculous! We're taking the A le logo in vain! We've got to stop doing that!" Neat story to read through, and only one of Hertzfeld's many marvelous A le reminiscences. Although the actual proper name of the icon is the Saint Joh Cro , when describing this key to others, I've called it the "butterfly icon", "squiggle icon", 'propeller icon" as well as "clover". What names have you TUAW readers given to the clover symbol?
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