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Most people unconciously associate the pause symbol (Two vertical lines) as currently playing and the playing symbol (sideways triangle) as paused.

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Vupperware@lemmy.world
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Confused the absolute hell out of me when I was very young!

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TheOtherThyme@lemmy.world
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Speak for yourself.

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justhach@lemmy.world
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I take it you never used a tape player or VCR.

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jasondj@ttrpg.network
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Could only have played DVDs and BluRays on a PS2/3/4/5. In which case ❌=⏯️

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over_clox@lemmy.world
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And today X means Twitter 😂🤣

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Dettweiler@lemmyonline.com
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“Press this button to do this”

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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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Yes. The button symbol denotes the action/cause, not the reaction/effect.

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257m@lemmy.mlOP
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Yes I understand that but in most software they don’t have seperate play and pause buttons but rather only one which swaps symbols when you click and so for me when I want to know whether it is currently playing I just look at the button.

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ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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Generally I just either watch the screen or listen to the audio to know if it’s currently playing, but maybe that’s just me

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martinbasic@lemmy.world
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You should know that you don’t just look at the play/pause button to just know the file is playing, you can know the playing status from other UI elements, for example, status bar (“playing example.file”, “pause”, “stop”), progress bar, timer and others… Right?

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pitninja@lemmy.pit.ninja
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Tell me you’re Gen Z or Alpha without telling me you’re Gen Z or Alpha.

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