整个宇宙只有一个Cloud Icon
I recently worked on the update to the ASP.NET site, now in beta at http://beta.asp.net. On that site we used an icon from the Pictos collection. I have an email from March of 2010 where we selected that icon, in fact.
我最近从事了ASP.NET站点的更新工作，该站点现在处于beta版，位于http://beta.asp.net 。 在该站点上，我们使用了Pictos集合中的图标。 实际上，我收到了2010年3月的一封电子邮件，其中我们选择了该图标。
Recently we updated the old site's cloud icon from this, to this:
最近，我们将旧网站的云图标由此更新为：
I saw a few tweets and got some emails that said "nice iCloud icon." Well, it does look familiar! ;)
我看到了几条推文，并收到了一些电子邮件，上面写着“漂亮的iCloud图标”。 好吧，看起来确实很熟悉！ ;)
Of course, MobileMe before this:
当然，MobileMe在此之前：
I knew I'd see this icon somewhere before. Folks have even written articles talking about how beautiful this icon is and how the Golden Ratio is infused in its design. There are even tutorials written on how to create the icon from scratch in PhotoShop.
我知道我以前会在某个地方看到此图标。 人们甚至写过文章，谈论这个图标多么漂亮，以及黄金比例如何注入到其设计中。 甚至还有关于如何在PhotoShop中从头开始创建图标的教程。
Apple's logo artists have infused the iCloud logo with some mathematical elegance. In this case, the golden ratio or φ...Simple, but profound. Awesome Apple's design philosophy.
苹果公司的徽标艺术家为iCloud徽标注入了一些数学上的优雅。 在这种情况下，黄金分割率或φ...简单，但意义深远。 很棒的苹果设计理念。
Funny thing about the Golden Ratio, if you look for it, you'll find it everywhere. Read about it in the book "The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI" or watch this video on the Golden Ratio. It's intuitive. Cool, also that they attribute this icon and it's "brilliance" to the Apple Designers, except the icon isn't from Apple, it's straight from Pictos 1. I know, because we bought it from them for our site. Plus Pictos 1 has been around for years. It includes a regular cloud, clouds with arrows up and down and a lightening bolt cloud.
关于黄金分割率的有趣之处在于，如果您寻找它，那么到处都会发现它。 在“黄金比例：PHI的故事”一书中阅读有关此内容的信息，或观看有关黄金比例的视频。 很直观很酷，他们也将此图标归功于Apple Designers，这是“光彩”，除了该图标不是来自Apple的，它直接来自Pictos 1 。 我知道，因为我们从他们那里购买了它作为我们的网站。 加上Pictos 1已经存在多年了。 它包括规则的云，带有向上和向下箭头的云以及闪电的云。
Of course, there's only so many ways to draw a cloud, right? But somehow this one just nails it and is itself iconic, if you'll excuse the pun.
当然，只有很多方法可以画云，对吗？ 但是，如果您要对双关语感到抱歉，那么这只是钉子，它本身就是标志性的。
Where else might you have seen this cloud icon? Seems everyone with an internet-connected or music app uses it:
您还能在哪里看到此云形图标？ 似乎所有具有互联网连接或音乐应用程序的人都使用它：
Just a few...
一些...
Even though the first appearance of this cloud icon was in the commercial Pictos 1 set, you'll find suspiciously similar clouds in other cloud icons packs like the one at Yay.se that's Creative Commons. Notice that you can change the look of the cloud icon slight if you the circles smaller or larger or add a border, push and pull, or squish and stretch.
即使此云图标首次出现在商用Pictos 1集中，您仍会在其他云图标包中找到可疑相似的云，例如Yay.se上的Creative Commons。 请注意，如果您的圆圈变小或变大，或者添加边框，推拉，挤压和拉伸，则可以稍微更改云形图标的外观。
But again, it's essentially four circles. My 3 year old draws similar clouds. At what point does a unique design stop being unique and just absorb into the consciousness?
但同样，它实际上是四个圆圈。 我三岁的孩子画了类似的云。 独特的设计在什么时候会停止变得独特而不是吸收到意识中？
Today, it seems there is only one cloud icon in the universe and it's four circles with a flat base. I like it.
如今，似乎宇宙中只有一个云图标，而四个圆形的基座却是平坦的。 我喜欢。
UPDATE: Hat tip to Ian Griffiths who points out that the BBC Weather Service beat all of us to the iCloud icon, kind of...over 30 years ago. ;)
更新：给伊恩·格里菲思(Ian Griffiths)的提示，他指出BBC Weather Service在30年前...击败了我们所有人，成为iCloud图标。 ;)
关于斯科特 (About Scott)
Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
斯科特·汉塞尔曼(Scott Hanselman)是前教授，前金融首席架构师，现在是演讲者，顾问，父亲，糖尿病患者和Microsoft员工。 他是一位失败的单口相声漫画家，一个玉米种植者和一本书的作者。
翻译自: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/there-is-only-one-cloud-icon-in-the-entire-universe