[bcherry]

I agree that I/O has always been confusing and non-intuitive. O stands for "On"? For "Off"? I means eyes-shut? O means eyes open?

The new symbols aren't any better but the UX of "push this button to turn on or off" combined with obvious lights/etc when something is on has mostly made the semantic meaning of the symbols obsolete to 99% of consumers.

[astrobe_]

I've always seen it as I/O and thought of it as In and Out - makes sense to me but English is not my native language.