TIL this share symbol is android specific.
Edit: As other have mentioned, it’s not Android specific (I was referring to the post title). From Wikipedia:
WordPress developer Alex King created the original Share Icon in 2006.
Thx @grrgyle@slrpnk.net for the Wikipedia Link
As an iOS user the Android share icon makes no sense. How does that icon represent sharing? The iOS one is much clearer.
It’s actually not Android specific, but even then they all make about the same sense to me (which is not a tonne)
Icons generally dont have to make sense. The universal save icon being a floppy disk is a good example. It just needs to be recognizable.
I think it’s meant to show how one becomes two. One person shares… something, and then that something has doubled. I’m just used to it by now. Never really had to give it thought.
Like splitting from another cell? Or like splitting a bullet. Now 2 target can share the sweet relieve of death <3
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Huh. The Apple one is new to me. It looks like an “upload” icon, which I guess makes sense.
The Android one looks like something being spread/copied from one point to two other points. Which also makes sense.
What’s the inscription next to it? “Donkey Repub…” ? 😁
There should be a community for modern heiroglyphics
Almost as good as the car sharing sign in Germany
Explanation: “sharing” and “cutting in two pieces” can both be translated as “teilen”
