Big Sur's new Preview icon looks like a shaker of salt

[tuqqer]

I chuckle every time I pull up the app switcher and see Preview now. And then think, "is it tequila time already?"

[Schpark]

Looking for my lost shaker of salt.....

[CJsNvrUrly]

...wasted away in Macaritaville...

[jdc]

ugh, what a stupid icon. 99% of peeps have no clue what that is.

[cbelt3]

blew out my flip flop...

[tuqqer]

And the "stepped on a pop top" no longer has any meaning to the youngins. It'd be like referring to 411, dialing a rotary, or what 45 vs 33 rpm means.

[mikebw]

And what the heck is the smiling palm tree icon for?

[Rolando]

jdc wrote:
ugh, what a stupid icon. 99% of peeps have no clue what that is.

True. A magnifying glass would work better.

tuqqer wrote:
And the "stepped on a pop top" no longer has any meaning to the youngins. It'd be like referring to 411, dialing a rotary, or what 45 vs 33 rpm means.

"Gimme the 411" is understood, but probably considered uncool millennial speak by Gen Z-ers.
Plenty of Millennials and Z collect "vinyl". They know all about 33s and 45s.

[TheCaber]

mikebw wrote:
And what the heck is the smiling palm tree icon for?

Isn't that the infamous banana hammock of yore?

[tuqqer]

jdc wrote:
ugh, what a stupid icon. 99% of peeps have no clue what that is.

It is confusing, and a classic skeuomorphism.