Google translate of the official sign definition:
"sign 718 "Sight" refers to the location of tourist objects (sights of interest to tourists, heritage conservation, nature conservation or other objects);"
peterpost2 · 3m ago
I've definitely seem them in Norway as well.
I'm so surprised the button comes from that.
nntwozz · 4h ago
Also known as the looped square (commonly used as the place of interest sign):
Ah, the Saint Hannes cross, or sankthanskors in Sweden, or hannunvaakuna in Finland. It's not so much related to campgrounds, but to mark sightseeing spots in general.
cess11 · 8m ago
No, it's used for "ancient monument", fornminne. It might be a early modern ruin or something that isn't ancient in some scientific sense but still is a place of historical or archaeological interest, while properly old remains, at least pre-reformatory ones, i.e. older than early 1500s, are often marked with a futhark 'r'/'ᚱ'.
tmm · 3h ago
Does anyone what the "international symbol dictionary" Susan Kare used was?
wood_spirit · 3h ago
This road sign sign means castle or other point of historic interest in Sweden.
The same sign is used in Finland. I was puzzled why Apple computers used it but I thought it was just a coincidence...!
LadyCailin · 4m ago
Norway too.
Duanemclemore · 3h ago
Kare really is a genius isn't she?
calf · 4h ago
Never used MacDraw, but I remember installing and using ClarisWorks in middle/high school, I never did actual programming at that age, but I loved playing around with the Mac's word processing, drawing, painting programs, making little art layouts, outlines for class notes, stuff that that.
WillAdams · 3h ago
Sadly, programming wasn't really feasible on the Mac per se due to Bill Gates' manipulations:
Officially defined in https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/126112024009?leiaKehtiv -> https://www.riigiteataja.ee/aktilisa/1261/1202/4009/MKM_2901... -> sign no 718.
Google translate of the official sign definition: "sign 718 "Sight" refers to the location of tourist objects (sights of interest to tourists, heritage conservation, nature conservation or other objects);"
I'm so surprised the button comes from that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looped_square
Previously:
2013 (111 points, 49 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5988557
2011 (177 points, 22 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2643611
Campgrounds have a normal descriptive “tent” symbol road sign in Sweden https://korkortonline.se/en/theory/road-signs/direction-sign...
https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html
Eventually we got HyperCard:
https://www.folklore.org/Joining_Apple_Computer.html