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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. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the system was muted, and you saw two vertical lines, would you assume it's playing or paused?

Just highlighting that you DO associate it as OP says, because you're not an idiot. It may not be the primary association, but it's there.

[โ€“] jawbrakelong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If the system was muted, and I saw two vertical lines I would assume that meant "press here to pause." The state of "the thing" to me has nothing to do with the symbol on the button.

How would you then, reconsile the the state of "the thing"on system that had individual buttons for functions such as play/pause/fast forward/rewind/record/eject/etc? Would the thing be playing and paused at the same time?