蘋果軟件圖標的秘密-Apple-Icon-Secrets-(中英雙語)

AppleIconSecrets:HiddenMeaningsHidinginPlainSightJanuary18,20112:10pmByJamesHollandUPDATE:Newicons!

Thankstoourbrilliant,sharp-eyedreaderswe’vegotsomefreshiconEastereggstoreveal.Scrolldown,theNEWonesaremarkedforyourconveniencetoo.We’regoodlikethat…Ifyou’reaniPhone,iPad,iPodorMacowneryou’llspendhourseachdaygawpingatAppleicons.Butyoumightneverhaverealisedtheyholdsecrets,hiddenhistoriesandsubtlenodstoApplein-jokes.DoyouknowthehiddenmeaningsyourApplegadgetholdsinplainsight?Readon,andwe’llspillthemall!iPhone,iPodtouchandiPadiconsFireuptheiPhonehomescreenandyou’llseeahostofstandard-issueicons.Butthere’smorethanmeetstheeye.Mapsicon

ThemapontheiPhoneMapsicon?It’sApple’shomeaddress.Number1InfiniteLoop,Cupertino.Theaddressitselfisanin-jokeamongstprogrammers,describinganever-endingloopofcode,andalsodescribesthecircularroadApple’scampusisbuiltupon.Youcanseethatcircularroad,andInterstate280whichfliesrightbyit,inalltheirglorywithintheMapsicon,alongwithapintoindicateApple’sfrontdoor.iPodArtistsicon

DiveintotheiPhoneoriPodtouch’siPodfunctionandcastyoureyestowardthebottomofthescreen.Thereyou’llseeanArtistsoption,illustratedasallgoodbandsare,byamanscreaminghislungsoutatamicrophone.Butlookcloser.Doesthesilhouettelookfamiliar?ItshoulddotoU2fans,sinceitsleadsinger,andsome-timeApplecollaborator,Bono.iTunesStarbucksicon

IntheUS,AppleandStarbuckslaunchedaspecialeditionoftheiTunesStoretogether,accessibleonlywhilesuppingfreshjavainoneofStarbucks’stores.Thepartneringwassmartinseveralways,lettingStarbuckshawktheirowncollectionsofmusic,whileApplecapitalisedoncustomers’downtimetomakesales.However,italsomarkedthefirsttimeAppledeviatedfromtheirownHumanInterfaceGuidelines,thecreedbywhichalliOSappdevelopersliveanddie.Checkoutthescreengrab,andyou’llseetheStarbucksiconinfullcolourglory,whereasallotheriTunesinterfaceelementsarestrictlymonotoneaffairs.iBooksBrowseicon

FireupyouriPhone,iPodoriPadforthatmatteranddiveintoiBooks.TakealookinsidetheiBooksStoreandglancedownattheBrowseicon.Whoseglassesarethose?TheylookawfullylikethoseofApplefounder,CEOandinterface-tweaker-in-chief,SteveJobs.ItseemsthePodfatherisalsoabitofabookworm.FindMyiPhoneicon

Ifyou’veinstalledFindMyiPhoneonyouriPhone,iPodoriPadtakealookatthemaponitsicon.ItseemstobeindicatinganiPhonehasbeenlocatedinNewYorkCity.Strange,consideringApple’sspiritualandphysicalhomeisinCupertino,ontheothersideoftheUS.So,what’sinNYC?SteveJobs’Manhattanapartmentperhaps?There’sagoodchance.UntilrecentlyJobsownedtheonlyduplexapartmentintheiconicSanRemobuilding,untilhesoldittoU2’sBonofor$15million.MaciconsHiddenmessageswithinMaciconsaremuchmorecommonthantheiriPhone,iPodtouchoriPadcounterparts.Apple’sdesignersfrequentlyshoehorninneattouches,jokesandcrypticreferences.Seeifyou’vespottedallofthese.StickiesiconNEW

TheStickiesappisn’tparticularlyobvious,butitsiconEastereggcertainlyis.Thephonenumber555-7361andthenameLoucanclearlybeseenscribbledonitslogo.ThosewhowatchalotoffilmsorTVmightrecognisethat555areacode,it’sreservedforfictionalmentions,sodon’tgodialingitnow,willyou?ApertureiconNEW

Ifyou’vesplashedoutonApple’simagingandphotographyapplicationAperture,you’llbeabletogawpatitsicon,featuringalenswhichis“DesignedbyAppleinCalifornia”andreading“50mm1:1.4”ThoseAppledesignersarenothingifnotfastidiousintheirattentiontodetail,andbycrikey,that’salovelylookinglensthey’vecreated.InterfaceBuildericonNEW

WhatsortofpencilsdoAppledesignersuse?OpenuptheiconfortheAppleInterfaceBuilder,atoolusedbyprogrammerstocreatethescreensyouseeoniPhoneandiPadapps,andtakeasquiz.There’sadrawingofapencil,asetsquareandapaintbrush.Thepencilishelpfullylabelledasa“no2graphitepencilwitheraser”.Headingtotheartsuppliesshopyet?Keynote2008iconNEW

Apple’spresentationapplicationformspartofiWork,butwhilethatmightseemdryanduninspiringcheckouttheiconforit.There’salectern,andaQ42008report…butonthatreportarewrittenthelyricsfromthemusicalSpringAwakening.Whosaysbusinesscan’talsohaveahintofshowbizglitz?ThesignificanceofSpringAwakeningisn’tknown.Console10.5.6iconNEW

AnerrormessageApplemeanttoappear?That’swhat’sontheiconforMacOSX’sconsole.TheappisdesignedtoshowwhattheMac’sbeenuptobehindthescenes.Thatincludeserrors,butthatistheErrorAY7:36shownontheicon?Sofarourresearchhascometonothing.Doyouknow?PhotoBoothiconNEW

We’rehearingthatthewomanpicturedinthephotoswithinPhotoBooth’siconarethedeveloperoftheapp.Althoughwecan’tconfirmthat,evenafteralotoffruitlessGoogling.Canyouidentifyher?Eitherway,findingactualphotosinsidethePhotoBoothiconwasanicesurprise.iCaliconNEW

IfyouputtheiconforApple’siCalcalendarappintotheOSXdock,you’llseeitshowstoday’sdate.However,lookitupintheApplicationsfolderandyou’llseeitsdefaultsetting:July17.That’sthedayAppleCEOSteveJobsintroduceditinfrontofcrowdsattheMacworldExpo2002.OnechiptorulethemallNEW

CheckouttheiconsforApple’sfirmwareupdateutilitiesandyou’llseethere’sasiliconchipindicatedontheiricons.Opentheiconatfullsizeandyoucanseethechip’smodelnumber.Sowhat,youmightsay?Thatchippopsupallovertheplace,fromfirmwareupdatestotheMacSystemProfiler.Thesignificanceofthenumbersisn’tclear.Canyoucrackit?Thecodeis:810-54-2136-1RM-NCE-16319-415-1239.Windowscomputericons

AccessanetworkedWindowsPCfromaMacandyou’llseeatinybeigemonitornexttoit.It’ssmall,nondescriptandseemsinnocent.Butdigoutthefull-sizeversionofthaticonandyou’llseethemonitorisdisplayinga“bluescreenofdeath”errormessage,aslypokeatWindowsperceivedunreliabilitybyAppledesigners.MacMailicon

It’ssosmall,andsemi-transparent,it’salmostinvisible.ButtheMacMailiconwhichsitsinthedockofeveryMacholdsapostmarklabelingitsoriginasCupertino,California.Ofcourse,that’sthehomeofApple.Logical,yes.Obvious?Notatall.There’sevenafriendlylittle“HellofromCupertinoAppleJavaicon

Javaisn’townedbyApple,butthere’sanappincludedwithOSXtorunJavacode.ItwasmadebyAppledesigners,soobviouslyincludessomecreativeflourish.Onfirstlookit’sasimplecoffeecuprestingonanapkin.Nothingunusualthere,justaplayonwordsaroundtheJavaname.Butfireupthefullsizeicon,andyou’llseethenapkinhasadoodlingonit.ThatdoodlingisgenuineJavacode.Nowthat’sattentiontodetail.AppleFontBookicon

Apple’scomputershavelongbeenafavouriteofwriters,designersandeditorsofeverypersuasion.TheFontBookappis,therefore,anoftenusedpartofOSX.Itsicon,however,holdsaneatin-joke.ThelettersusedtomakeitareA,FandK.Ininternet-speak,AFKstandsforAwayFromKeyboard.AppleDictionaryicon

There’ssomemoreApplewordplayatworkonthecoverofthedictionaryfeaturedintheAppleDictionaryicon.Thewords“LoremIpsumDolorSitAmetEtiam”areclearlyseenwhentheiconisviewedatfullsize.That’sLatinfor“Helloworld!Etcetera”…well,it’sallupfordebate.Havealookatthecommentssectionbelowandjointhedebate!AppleTextediticon

TheAppleTextediticonisitselfaworkofliterarygenius.Openitinfullandyou’llseeaspeechwrittenacrossthesurfaceofitsvirtualnotepad.It’sanextractofthemonologuefromApple’sCrazyOnesadvert,andissignedbyJohnAppleseed,anameAppleoftenusesasaplaceholderfornamesinitsaddressbooks.OldiTunesicons

ApplereplacedtheiTunesiconwithasolidbluebaubleinitslatestincarnation,butpreviousiterationsfeaturedamusicalnoterestingonashiningsilverCD.Openupthefullsizeiconfileandyou’dseethatimageofaCDwasprecisedowntothefinestdetail:laseretchedonitsinsideedgewerethewords“iTunes7”and“Apple2006”.蘋果的程序圖標中隱藏的秘密如果你是蘋果用戶，那么Mac和iPhone中的圖標可謂早已司空見慣，但是你知道這些圖標中隱藏的秘密么？這些看過之后就被忽略的東西，卻在細節(jié)之中體現(xiàn)了科技產(chǎn)品中蘊含的人性和趣味。Electricpig

最近一篇文章，列舉了蘋果的程序中一些內(nèi)含深意的圖標。我們一起來看一看這些圖標背后的故事：iPhone、iPodTouch、iPad圖標Maps紅色的大頭針標注的是蘋果在加州Cupertino的總部：Number1InfiniteLoop。這個地址是蘋果編程員的一個內(nèi)部笑話，含義是永無休止的循環(huán)代碼。iPodArtists打開iPod的音樂，菜單中Artists的標簽是某位藝術家的側身像，誰呢？Bono，U2的主唱。iBookBrowser打開iBooksStore，看Browse圖標，是不是一副眼鏡？仔細看看，像喬布斯戴的那副，還是哈利波特戴的那副呢？Mac圖標TextEdit如果你用過iPhone，在設置郵件的時候，會發(fā)現(xiàn)輸入姓名的地方顯示的范例名字是JohnAppleseed。這個名字歷史很久，是蘋果圖標中最早的彩蛋之一。MacOS中的TextEdit圖標便是署名JohnAppleseed的一篇文稿。文稿內(nèi)容是蘋果1997到2002年間著名的“ThinkDifferent”廣告大戰(zhàn)中演講詞的一部分。蘋果經(jīng)常用AppleSeed作為通訊錄的占位符。Dictionary/Thesaurus此程序的圖標是本厚厚的字典。封面下部有一行小字：LoremIpsumDolorSitAmetEtiam。這是一段毫無意義的拉丁文，設計師和編輯們將此作為測試排版的占位文字已經(jīng)多年。DiskUtility將圖標擴展為512×512像素之后，會發(fā)現(xiàn)上面寫著一句話“小心輕放硬盤，以免損壞電路板，確保正確接地”。Mail郵件的圖標是一個郵票，而郵戳的文字是“HellofromCupertino,CA”。Cupertino，CA正是蘋果的總部所在地。iCal

iCal的圖標顯示的日期是7月17日。這是因為蘋果發(fā)布iCal是在2002年7月17日的MacWorldExpo大會。計算器

12374218.75這個數(shù)字，多年以來人們