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Subject: Re: [9fans] Evolving rio / GUI development
From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:09:59 +0000
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>>MT> "fastest way to recognize"?

>But after reading description you known what mean this icon.
>This is like learn new language - you read word in dictionary once.

it is more like learning a new language that changes spelling and meaning
with every person (application) you meet that speaks it.

as the experience with international language-less signs suggests, it's hard to
design images that convey messages with complete accuracy.
it's worse when the conventions change (as part of international
standardisation, for instance).
that nasty looking green-and-yellow wire
must surely be the live and dangerous one ...