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A dispute about the Preview.app icon :)
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Okay, I'm having a dispute about the Preview.app icon. The thing in the right bottom corner, is it a magnifying glass or a [word for a little thing you use to put papers on a pin-board, couldn't find a translation] ?
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magnifying glass of course
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Looks like a combo between a fridge magnet and a suction cup.
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It's the type of magnifying glass used in photo labs... I would know.
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Shouldn't this be in the software forum?
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Nasrudin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side: "Hey! how do I get across?" "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.
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Originally posted by Developer:
Shouldn't this be in the software forum?
Not really, I don't find it that related to the actual app. And a good thing that it's a magnifying glass, now I've won the bet
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It's definitely a "professional" magnifying glass.
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I think it's actual name is a "loupe," but it's basically a magnifying glass.
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Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
Okay, I'm having a dispute about the Preview.app icon. The thing in the right bottom corner, is it a magnifying glass or a [word for a little thing you use to put papers on a pin-board, couldn't find a translation] ?
Pin? Tack?
I always thought it was a magnifying thinger myself.
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Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
Okay, I'm having a dispute about the Preview.app icon. The thing in the right bottom corner, is it a magnifying glass or a [word for a little thing you use to put papers on a pin-board, couldn't find a translation] ?
That kid looks freaky.
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Umm...it is a pushpin....
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good point, this close up, the kid does look a bit freaky.
my vote goes towards one of those professional maginifying glasses. and another friend of mine says magnifiying glass
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wow i always thought it was an inkcontainer thingy but now that i actually see it at 128 x 128 it does look like one of those magnifier thingies
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It is a printer's loupe (pronounced loop). It's used in printing businesses to closely look at dots on a lithographed photo, or (as I used one) to line up negatives for color proofs. In other word, a magnifying glass, but it stands upright and you look down into it.
There's very few pictures online of this very essential tool. Somewhat strange. Here's one I did find, though:
Ones I've used look more like the one in the picture, a more conical shape at the bottom.
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Yes, its a lupe. If you ever go to a photo store, you'll see them there.
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Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
Okay, I'm having a dispute about the Preview.app icon. The thing in the right bottom corner, is it a magnifying glass or a [word for a little thing you use to put papers on a pin-board, couldn't find a translation] ?
he looks like he just spent his last five years in a prison and has swum to shore! and now is demented
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The kid looks like he's the kids of one of the developers of the copland project... after Tevian got in... now he's a sad wet little orphan kid
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It's definately une loupe.
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Are we sure it's a kid and not one of those extra small stunt doubles for LOTR?
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I've used one of those to look at negatives and slides on a light table - that's what it's for, right?
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Originally posted by awaspaas:
I've used one of those to look at negatives and slides on a light table - that's what it's for, right?
yes
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Okay, I'm having a dispute about the Preview.app icon. The thing in the right bottom corner, is it a magnifying glass or a [word for a little thing you use to put papers on a pin-board, couldn't find a translation] ?
Never mind that. What I want to know is why is the kid holding a dildo?
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Originally posted by funkboy:
Ones I've used look more like the one in the picture, a more conical shape at the bottom.
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Nasrudin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side: "Hey! how do I get across?" "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.
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nifty.. all ya need is a USE for one!
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Originally posted by Mac Zealot:
nifty.. all ya need is a USE for one!
Trapping (and observing) spiders?
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Well, what about photographic negatives ? Loupes are VERY important.
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Originally posted by agasthya:
That kid looks freaky.
Well no, Apple removed his eyes so he won't be staring at you from the dock
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And why's it called "Preview" anyway? I don't use it to preview things, I use it to view them.
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Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
Well, what about photographic negatives ? Loupes are VERY important.
Film is SO 20th century.
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Definitely a mag. glass... it's used to look at small photos.. my father has some at his office.
One of the best icon I've seen in my life, too.
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Originally posted by Ver de Terre:
Film is SO 20th century.
I don't know a lot of Pro. photographers who don't use film.
Oh well.
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Originally posted by Oswald Defense Lawyer:
Never mind that. What I want to know is why is the kid holding a dildo?
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